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Table 4 Overview of how types of etiology (rows) are distributed between the groups of radiological morphology (columns)

From: Childhood hydrocephalus – is radiological morphology associated with etiology

 

Groups of radiological morphology

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%)

  1. a – % within type of etiology, b - % within groups of radiological morphology. MMC – myelomeningocele, AP – anterioposterior, LR – left-to-right.