Etiology- and region-specific characteristics of transependymal cerebrospinal fluid flow.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Transependymal flow (TEF) of CSF, often delineated as T2-weighted hyperintensity adjacent to the lateral ventricles on MRI, is a known imaging finding, usually in the setting of CSF flow disturbances. Specific radiological features of TEF and their relationships with clinical markers of hydrocephalus and underlying disease pathology are not known. Here, the authors describe the radiological features and clinical associations of TEF with implications for CSF circulation in the setting of intracranial pathology.

Methods

After obtaining IRB review and approval, the authors reviewed the radiological records of all patients who underwent intracranial imaging with CT or MRI at St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, between 2008 and 2019 to identify individua

SUBMITTER: Yang PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9990373 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature