Depression and ventricular enlargement.
Compared with controls, 46 depressed patients showed increased ventricular-brain ratio (VBR). Patients with poor outcome, single episode, onset at 50 years or over, or without melancholia were found to have greater VBR than controls.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed