Evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid shunt function in hydrocephalic children using 99mTc-DTPA.
The increasing numbers and survival of children with shunt-treated hydrocephalus make it mandatory to refine the methods for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt function evaluation. Radionuclide shuntography with 99mTc-DTPA, which has proved to be a safe and effective method, was performed in eight children with suspected CSF-shunt dysfunction. Characteristic shuntography patterns were found for proximal and distal CSF-shunt catheter obstruction as well as for overdrainage and normal CSF-shunt function. Shuntography contributed to the explanation of suspected CSF-shunt dysfunction in all children investigated.
Uvebrant
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Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Ostra Sjukhuset, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Sixt
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Bjure
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Roos
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D000293:Adolescent; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015170:Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime