[Disturbances in C.S.F. circulation after subarachnoid bleeds--a comparison of pneumoencephalographic and scintigraphic findings (author's transl)].
Haemorrhages into the subarachnoid space lead to scarlike changes in the leptomeninges in some patients. If these changes reach a certain severity, circulation of the C.S.F.. is compromised and absorption reduced. This eventually results in ventricular dilatation which, in severe cases, is clinically manifested by dementia, motor ataxia and incontinence. The early stages of the disturbance in C.S.F. circulation were examined scintigraphically in 165 patients with spontaneous traumatic or operative subarachnoid bleeding. In the presence of abnormal findings which suggested the need for C.S.F. shunting, air encephalography was carried out in addition. Special attention was paid to the demonstration of the extent and localisation of occlusions of the basal cisterns and of the cortical subarachnoid spaces. Typical scintigraphic and pneumoencephalographic findings are demonstrated and their diagnostic value compared.
D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D011011:Pneumoencephalography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013346:Subarachnoid Space / Q000503:physiopathology
Liquorzirkulationsstörungen nach Subarachnoidalblutungen--vergleichende pneumenzephalographische und liquorszintigraphische Untersuchungen.