In non-syndromic CIM subjects, the presence of hydrocephalus could be explained by an occlusion of the basal CSF pathways, which would occur completely in a minority of cases (only 7-10% of CIM patients show hydrocephalus) while it would be partial in the remaining cases (no hydrocephalus).
Real-time MRI access to CSF flow in response to defined respiration patterns will be of clinical importance for patients with disturbed CSF circulation like hydrocephalus, pseudotumor cerebri and others.
PDC versus graft dural closure (GDC; 35% vs 7%, OR 5.88, 95% CI 2.94-50.0, p = 0.03) and hydrocephalus ultimately requiring permanent CSF diversion (OR 3.30, 95% CI 1.07-10.19, p = 0.0007) were associated with wound infection requiring surgical debridement.
Based on the changes in CSF levels of SP-G in hydrocephalus, brain hemorrhage, and CNS infections as well as its abundance at CSF flow-related anatomical structures closely associated with immunological barrier systems, importance for CSF rheology, brain waste clearance, and host defense is assumable.
Outcomes included symptomatic hydrocephalus requiring CSF drainage, need for ventriculoperitoneal shunt, radiographic vasospasm, delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI), radiographic infarction, disability level within 1 year of ictus, and at last clinical follow-up as defined by the modified Rankin Scale.
The most consistent indications for surgical intervention in early hydrocephalus were CSF leak from the back (92%), progressive ventricular enlargement (89%), and brainstem symptoms, including apnea/bradycardia (81%), stridor (81%), and dysphagia (81%).
The present study identified acute hydrocephalus with the necessity of CSF diversion as significant and independent risk factor for the development of shunt dependency during treatment course in patients suffering from non-aneurysmal SAH.
Duraplasty (n = 101) was complicated by CSF leak in 4.0% (n = 4), symptomatic pseudomeningocele in 4.0% (n = 4), aseptic meningitis in 2.0% (n = 2) and hydrocephalus in 1.0% (n = 1).
The patient developed worsening intracranial hypertension after successful CSF diversion of Dandy-Walker malformation-associated hydrocephalus via endoscopic third ventriculostomy-choroid plexus cauterization (ETV/CPC).
Whilst 80% (50/61) of cases underwent FMD with no preceding or post-operative problems of CSF dynamics, 8% (5/61) of cases had hydrocephalus at initial presentation requiring CSF diversion followed by FMD for persistent Chiari, and 10% (6/61) developed hydrocephalus following FMD and required long-term CSF diversion.
For patients with ePFTs, petroclival/midline tumor location (OR 12.2/OR 5.7), perilesional edema (OR 10.0), and preoperative hydrocephalus (OR 4.0) were independent predictors of need for CSF drainage.
Here, we report a case where a patient with subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) with acute hydrocephalus needed CSF diversion and had an EVD, during replacement of which through the same tract, the new EVD went into the sellar floor and she developed diabetes insipidus (DI) eventually.
Although neonates and infants with group B streptococcal or <i>E coli</i> meningitis had similar age and CSF laboratory values, patients with group B streptococcal meningitis more frequently demonstrated infarcts, while those with <i>E coli</i> meningitis more frequently had early onset of hydrocephalus.
This case highlights the importance of prompt CSF diversion and cardiac support for acute hydrocephalus presenting with heart failure in the pediatric population.
On the other side, a positive mismatch, consisting of intracranial content higher than skull volume, usually depends on CSF collection or hydrocephalus once the brain edema is regressed.
Thus, areas can serve as a surrogate marker for total brain and CSF volumes for a quantitated objective tracking of changes during treatment of childhood hydrocephalus.
There was a significant association between CSF GeneXpert and Mantoux test (P = 0.002), CSF cell type >50% lymphocytes (P = 0.005) and CSF protein >100 mg/dl (P = 0.025) along with CT hydrocephalus (P = 0.021), granuloma (P = 0.009) and basal exudates (P = 0.025).
Intraventricular endoscopic cyst drainage allows resolution of hydrocephalus with restoration of normal intracranial pressure, gives time for proper preoperative work up, and has reduced incidence of CSF leak after transnasal surgery.