title: Computerized tomography correlated with CSF protein concentrations.
abstract: The authors present a case of hydrocephalus complicated by ventriculitis in which it was possible to correlate the numerical printout of sequential computerized tomograms (CT-Scans) with cerebrospinal fluid protein concentrations obtained by direct ventricular puncture. Different protein levels were unambiguously associated with changes in the absorption numbers on the scan but they did not bear a simple linear relationship to one another. The value of the numerical printout in diagnosis and follow-up is discussed.
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D003201:Computers; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007223:Infant; D007249:Inflammation; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray
chemical_list: D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins