Cerebral ventricular volume during hyponatraemia.
In order to determine if the neurologic manifestations in chronic hyponatraemia result partly from brain oedema, we measured the cerebral ventricular volume before and after correction of hyponatraemia in eight patients with central nervous system manifestations. Only the three patients with seizures showed a clear change in the ventricular size and probably had brain oedema.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed