Zentralblatt für Neurochirurgie
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Zentralbl. Neurochir. · Feb 2006
Development of chronic hydrocephalus and early cranial CT findings in spontaneous intracerebral/intraventricular hemorrhage.
Since intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is frequently associated with intraventricular bleeding (IVH), we sought to detect cranial computed tomography features that would indicate early on in the patient's history the development of chronic hydrocephalus with a permanent need for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion. ⋯ The ICH/IVH ratio presented here can be interpreted as an individual measure of propensity to impairment of CSF circulation. Further studies on larger populations will be needed to show whether this can be employed as an early diagnostic criterion with respect to chronic hydrocephalus.