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The value of CSF flow studies in the management of CSF disorders in children: a pictorial review.

ABSTRACT: CSF flow disorders are frequently encountered in children. The advent of MR technology with the emergence of new pulse sequences allowed better understanding of CSF flow dynamics. In this pictorial review, we aim to conduct a comprehensive review of the MR protocol used to study CSF flow disorders and to discuss the utility of each pulse sequence in the adopted protocol. We will focus on the key anatomical structures that should be examined to differentiate hydrocephalus form ventricular dilatation ex-vacuo. The MR features of obstructive and communicating hydrocephalus will be discussed, in addition to the manifestations of CSF disorders associated with posterior fossa malformations (Dandy-Walker malformation, Chiari, and Blake's pouch cyst). Moreover, the value of MRI in the assessment of patients following interventional procedures (ventriculoperitoneal shunt and third ventriculostomy) will be addressed.

SUBMITTER: Mohammad SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6352391 | biostudies-other | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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The value of CSF flow studies in the management of CSF disorders in children: a pictorial review.

Mohammad Shaimaa Abdelsattar SA   Osman Noha Mohamed NM   Ahmed Khaled A KA  

Insights into imaging 20190128 1

CSF flow disorders are frequently encountered in children. The advent of MR technology with the emergence of new pulse sequences allowed better understanding of CSF flow dynamics. In this pictorial review, we aim to conduct a comprehensive review of the MR protocol used to study CSF flow disorders and to discuss the utility of each pulse sequence in the adopted protocol. We will focus on the key anatomical structures that should be examined to differentiate hydrocephalus form ventricular dilatat  ...[more]