From: Childhood hydrocephalus – is radiological morphology associated with etiology
Groups of radiological morphology | |||||||||
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A1 – Symmetry in the AP and LR axes, with external hydrocephalus | A2 - Symmetry in the AP and LR axes without external hydrocephalus, moderate dilation | A3 – Predominant severe dilation, symmetry in the AP and LR axes | B1 – Predominant dilation of the occipital horns | B2 – Predominant dilation of the frontal horns | C – Predominant asymmetry in the LR axis | X – Not categorized | Total | ||
Types of Etiology | Tumor | 3 (23.1%)a | 5 (38.5%) | 2( 15.4%) | 1 (7.7%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (7.7%) | 1 (7.7%) | 13(100%) |
(7.5%)b | (35.7%) | (16.7) | (5%) | (0%) | (6.2%) | (20%) | (11%) | ||
Cystic (mal-) formation(s) | 3 (25%) | 0 (0%) | 2( 16.7%) | 3 (25%) | 1 (8.3%) | 3 (25%) | 0 (0%) | 12(100%) | |
(7.5%) | (0%) | (16.7) | (15%) | (33.3%) | (18.8%) | (0%) | (11%) | ||
Hemorrhage | 3 (15%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (20%) | 6 (30%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (15%) | 4 (20%) | 20( 100%) | |
(7.5%) | (0%) | (33.3%) | (30%) | (0%) | (18.8%) | (80%) | (18.3%) | ||
Congenital malformation | |||||||||
Aqueduct stenosis | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (25%) | 3 (75%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 4(100%) | |
(0%) | (0%) | (8.3%) | (15%) | (0%) | (0%) | (0%) | (3.7%) | ||
MMC with/without Chiari | 4 (33.3%) | 3 (25%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (33.3%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (8.3%) | 0 (0%) | 12(100%) | |
(10%) | (21.4%) | (0%) | (20%) | (0%) | (6.2%) | (0%) | (11%) | ||
Chiari w/o MMC | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1( 100%) | |
(0%) | (0%) | (0%) | (6.2%) | (0%) | (0%) | (0%) | (0.9%) | ||
Craniofacial | 5 (50%) | 4 (40%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (10%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 10(100%) | |
(12.5%) | (28.6%) | (0%) | (0%) | (33.3%) | (0%) | (0%) | (9.2%) | ||
Infection/post-infectious inflammation | 1 (16.7%) | 1 (16.7%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (66.7%) | 0 (0%) | 6( 100%) | |
(2.5%) | (7.1%) | (0%) | (0%) | (0%) | (25%) | (0%) | (5.5%) | ||
Trauma | 2 (66.7%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (33.3%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 3(100%) | |
(5%) | (0%) | (0%) | (5%) | (0%) | (0%) | (0%) | (2.8%) | ||
Venous pathology | 3 (75%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (25%) | 0 (0%) | 4(100%) | |
(7.5%) | (0%) | (0%) | (0%) | (0%) | (6.2%) | (0%) | (3.7%) | ||
Unknown | 16 (64%) | 1 (4%) | 3 (12%) | 2 (8%) | 1 (4%) | 2 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 25(100%) | |
(40%) | (7.1%) | (25%) | (10%) | (33.3%) | (12.5%) | (0%) | (22.9%) | ||
Total | 40 (36.4%) | 14 (12.7%) | 12(10.9%) | 20 (18.2%) | 3 (2.7%) | 16 (14.5%) | 5 (4.5%) | 110(100%) | |
(100%) | (100%) | (100%) | (100%) | (100%) | (100%) | (100%) | (100%) |