Cine-MR in a patient with suspected normal pressure hydrocephalus.
The case of a patient with predominant short-term memory and CT pattern suggestive of of normal pressure hydrocephalus, is discussed. Clinical and CT findings did not allow to predict the clinical response to a possible ventriculoperitoneal shunt. On MRI more accurate morphological evaluation with cine-MR functional assessment was obtained. Calculated CSF flow indexes evidenced hyperdynamia usually associated with a good outcome after ventriculoperitoneal shunting.
Bernardini
Antonio
A
Istituto di Radiologia, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Policlinico A. Gemelli, Roma.
Missere
Massimiliano
M
Cirillo
Marco
M
Pantalone
Ornella
O
Tartaglione
Tommaso
T
D006801:Humans; D006850:Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / Q000379:methods*