Standard and cardiac-gated phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging in the clinical course of patients with chiari malformation type I

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Mauer, Uwe Max ^a   Gottschalk, Andreas ^a   Mueller, Carolin ^a   Weselek, Linda ^a   Kunz, Ulrich ^a   Schulz, Chris ^a  

^a German Armed Forces Hospital of Ulm   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid pulsation; Chiari malformation type I; Phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSATILE FLOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052707881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.7.FOCUS11105     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Badie B, Mendoza D, Batzdorf U: Posterior fossa volume and response to suboccipital decompression in patients with Chiari I malformation. Neurosurgery 37:214-218, 1995
2. Bergstrand G, Bergström M, Nordell B, Ståhlberg F, Ericsson A, Hemmingsson A, et al: Cardiac gated MR imaging of cerebrospinal fluid flow. J Comput Assist Tomogr 9:1003-1006, 1985
3. Bhadelia RA, Bogdan AR, Wolpert SM: Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid flow waveforms with gated phase-contrast MR velocity measurements. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 16:389-400, 1995
4. Bhadelia RA, Bogdan AR, Wolpert SM, Lev S, Appignani BA, Heilman CB: Cerebrospinal fluid flow waveforms: analysis in patients with Chiari I malformation by means of gated phasecontrast MR imaging velocity measurements. Radiology 196:195-202, 1995
5. Brinkmann G, Harlandt O, Muhle C, Brossmann J, Heller M: Flussquantifizierung mit der Magnetresonanz-Tomographie: Eine experimentelle Studie an einem Flussmodell und Liquor-Flussmessungen im Aquaeductus cerebri bei Probanden. Fortschr Röntgenstr 172:1043-1051, 2000
6. Brugières P, Idy-Peretti I, Iffenecker C, Parker F, Jolivet O, Hurth M, et al: CSF flow measurement in syringomyelia. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 21:1785-1792, 2000
7. Dolar MT, Haughton VM, Iskandar BJ, Quigley M: Effect of craniocervical decompression on peak CSF velocities in symptomatic patients with Chiari I malformation. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 25:142-145, 2004
8. Edelman RR, Wedeen VJ, Davis KR, Widder D, Hahn P, Shoukimas G, et al: Multiphasic MR imaging: a new method for direct imaging of pulsatile CSF flow. Radiology 161:779-783, 1986
9. Greitz D: Unraveling the riddle of syringomyelia. Neurosurg Rev 29:251-264, 2006
10. Haroun RI, Guarnieri M, Meadow JJ, Kraut M, Carson BS: Current opinions for the treatment of syringomyelia and chiari malformations: survey of the Pediatric Section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Pediatr Neurosurg 33:311-317, 2000
11. Haughton VM, Korosec FR, Medow JE, Dolar MT, Iskandar BJ: Peak systolic and diastolic CSF velocity in the foramen magnum in adult patients with Chiari I malformations and in normal control participants. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 24: 169-176, 2003
12. Heiss JD, Patronas N, DeVroom HL, Shawker T, Ennis R, Kammerer W, et al: Elucidating the pathophysiology of syringomyelia. J Neurosurg 91:553-562, 1999
13. Hoffmann KT: Die intrakranielle Hirnwasserzirkulation in der Magnetresonanztomographie: Grundlagen der Bildgebung, Modellevaluation und klinische Anwendung von flußsensitiven Sequenzen zur Darstellung und Quantifizierung der intrakranialen Hirnwasserzirkulation [dissertation]. Universität Berlin, 2005
14. Hofmann E, Warmuth-Metz M, Bendszus M, Solymosi L: Phase-contrast MR imaging of the cervical CSF and spinal cord: volumetric motion analysis in patients with Chiari I malformation. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 21:151-158, 2000
15. Kunz U: Klinische Anwendbarkeit flußsensitiver kernspintomographischer Verfahren bei Liquorzirkulationsstörungen [dissertation]. Universität Ulm: Habilitationsschrift, 1999
16. Levy LM: MR identification of Chiari pathophysiology by using spatial and temporal CSF flow indices and implications for syringomyelia. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 24:165-166, 2003
17. Levy LM: MR imaging of cerebrospinal fluid flow and spinal cord motion in neurologic disorders of the spine. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 7:573-587, 1999
18. Levy LM, Di Chiro G: MR phase imaging and cerebrospinal fluid flow in the head and spine. Neuroradiology 32:399- 406, 1990
19. McGirt MJ, Nimjee SM, Fuchs HE, George TM: Relationship of cine phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging with outcome after decompression for Chiari I malformations. Neurosurgery 59:140-146, 2006
20. Mikulis DJ, Diaz O, Egglin TK, Sanchez R: Variance of the position of the cerebellar tonsils with age: preliminary report. Radiology 183:725-728, 1992
21. Milhorat T: Chiari and hindbrain-related syringomyelia. Br J Neurosurg 21:465-466, 2007 (Abstract)
22. Milhorat TH, Chou MW, Trinidad EM, Kula RW, Mandell M, Wolpert C, et al: Chiari I malformation redefined: clinical and radiographic findings for 364 symptomatic patients. Neurosurgery 44:1005-1017, 1999
23. Nitz WR, Bradley WG Jr, Watanabe AS, Lee RR, Burgoyne B, O'Sullivan RM, et al: Flow dynamics of cerebrospinal fluid: assessment with phase-contrast velocity MR imaging performed with retrospective cardiac gating. Radiology 183: 395-405, 1992
24. Panigrahi M, Reddy BP, Reddy AK, Reddy JJ: CSF flow study in Chiari I malformation. Childs Nerv Syst 20:336-340, 2004
25. Pinna G, Alessandrini F, Alfieri A, Rossi M, Bricolo A: Cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics study in Chiari I malformation: implications for syrinx formation. Neurosurg Focus 8(3):E3, 2000
26. Pujol J, Roig C, Capdevila A, Pou A, Martí-Vilalta JL, Kulisevsky J, et al: Motion of the cerebellar tonsils in Chiari type I malformation studied by cine phase-contrast MRI. Neurology 45:1746-1753, 1995
27. Quencer RM, Post MJ, Hinks RS: Cine MR in the evaluation of normal and abnormal CSF flow: intracranial and intraspinal studies. Neuroradiology 32:371-391, 1990
28. Sansur CA, Heiss JD, DeVroom HL, Eskioglu E, Ennis R, Oldfield EH: Pathophysiology of headache associated with cough in patients with Chiari I malformation. J Neurosurg 98:453- 458, 2003
29. Schellinger D, LeBihan D, Rajan SS, Cammarata CA, Patronas NJ, Deveikis JP, et al: MR of slow CSF flow in the spine. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 13:1393-1403, 1992
30. Schijman E, Steinbok P: International survey on the management of Chiari I malformation and syringomyelia. Childs Nerv Syst 20:341-348, 2004
31. Schroth G: Physiologie und Pathologie der intrakraniellen Liquordynamik. Jahrbuch der Radiologie:287-290, 1991
32. Schroth G, Klose U: Cerebrospinal fluid flow. I. Physiology of cardiac-related pulsation. Neuroradiology 35:1-9, 1992
33. Stovner LJ, Rinck P: Syringomyelia in Chiari malformation: relation to extent of cerebellar tissue herniation. Neurosurgery 31:913-917, 1992