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Relatively little is known regarding the water content of brain tissue in idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) patients. The objective of our study was to determine absolute water content non-invasively in hydrocephalic patients, particularly in the anterior and posterior ventricular horns and in the periventricular white matter.
Ten patients who were diagnosed and treated for idiopathic NPH in our clinic were selected for study. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques were used to obtain anatomical image slices for quantitative brain water measurements. Apparent diffusion coefficient measures were also extracted from regions of interest.
To our knowledge, this is the first study to confirm that periventricular lucency seen on MRI represents increased water content in the extracellular space that is markedly elevated prior to shunting.
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Aygok, G., Marmarou, A., Fatouros, P., Young, H. (2006). Brain tissue water content in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. In: Hoff, J.T., Keep, R.F., Xi, G., Hua, Y. (eds) Brain Edema XIII. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 96. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-211-30714-1_72
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