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Hydrocephalus ex vacuo

MedGen UID:
124364
•Concept ID:
C0270720
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Hydrocephalus Ex Vacuo; Hydrocephalus Ex-Vacuo; Hydrocephalus Ex-Vacuos
SNOMED CT: Hydrocephalus ex vacuo (14055002)

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Ethylenethiourea: a review of teratogenicity and distribution studies and an assessment of reproduction risk.
Khera KS
Crit Rev Toxicol 1987;18(2):129-39. doi: 10.3109/10408448709089858. PMID: 3311641
Differential diagnosis between normal pressure hydrocephalus and cerebral atrophy on computed tomography.
Leborgne JM, Sheldon JJ, Goldstein MS, Smoak WM 3rd, Serafini AN
Rev Interam Radiol 1979 Apr;4(2):75-8. PMID: 317615
Abnormal cerebrospinal fluid-blood flow dynamics. Implications in diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis in normal pressure hydrocephalus.
Mathew NT, Meyer JS, Hartmann A, Ott EO
Arch Neurol 1975 Oct;32(10):657-64. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1975.00490520027003. PMID: 1180726

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Cerebrospinal fluid dynamics in non-acute post-traumatic ventriculomegaly.
Lalou AD, Levrini V, Czosnyka M, Gergelé L, Garnett M, Kolias A, Hutchinson PJ, Czosnyka Z
Fluids Barriers CNS 2020 Mar 30;17(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s12987-020-00184-6. PMID: 32228689Free PMC Article
LIS1 duplication: expanding the phenotype.
Lockrow JP, Holden KR, Dwivedi A, Matheus MG, Lyons MJ
J Child Neurol 2012 Jun;27(6):791-5. Epub 2011 Dec 21 doi: 10.1177/0883073811425972. PMID: 22190508
Disproportionate atrophy of cerebral white matter in chronic alcoholics.
de la Monte SM
Arch Neurol 1988 Sep;45(9):990-2. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1988.00520330076013. PMID: 3415529
Ethylenethiourea: a review of teratogenicity and distribution studies and an assessment of reproduction risk.
Khera KS
Crit Rev Toxicol 1987;18(2):129-39. doi: 10.3109/10408448709089858. PMID: 3311641
Whiplash: chronic organic brain syndrome without hydrocephalus ex vacuo.
Berstad JR, Baerum B, Löchen EA, Mogstad TE, Sjaastad O
Acta Neurol Scand 1975 Apr;51(4):268-84. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1975.tb01369.x. PMID: 1217458

Diagnosis

Cerebrospinal fluid dynamics in non-acute post-traumatic ventriculomegaly.
Lalou AD, Levrini V, Czosnyka M, Gergelé L, Garnett M, Kolias A, Hutchinson PJ, Czosnyka Z
Fluids Barriers CNS 2020 Mar 30;17(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s12987-020-00184-6. PMID: 32228689Free PMC Article
Rapidly progressive global cerebral atrophy in the setting of anti-LGI1 encephalitis.
Yelam A, Nagarajan E, Bollu PC
BMJ Case Rep 2019 May 24;12(5) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228428. PMID: 31129638Free PMC Article
Neuroimaging and neuropathology of TBI.
Bigler ED, Maxwell WL
NeuroRehabilitation 2011;28(2):63-74. doi: 10.3233/NRE-2011-0633. PMID: 21447905
Cockayne syndrome.
Levinson ED, Zimmerman AW, Grunnet ML, Lewis RA, Spackman TJ
J Comput Assist Tomogr 1982 Dec;6(6):1172-4. doi: 10.1097/00004728-198212000-00020. PMID: 7174933
Ventricular differences between hydrostatic hydrocephalus and hydrocephalus ex vacuo by computed tomography.
LeMay M, Hochberg FH
Neuroradiology 1979 Apr 26;17(4):191-5. doi: 10.1007/BF00342746. PMID: 313025

Therapy

Neurologic and developmental outcome in treated congenital toxoplasmosis.
Roizen N, Swisher CN, Stein MA, Hopkins J, Boyer KM, Holfels E, Mets MB, Stein L, Patel D, Meier P
Pediatrics 1995 Jan;95(1):11-20. PMID: 7770286

Prognosis

LIS1 duplication: expanding the phenotype.
Lockrow JP, Holden KR, Dwivedi A, Matheus MG, Lyons MJ
J Child Neurol 2012 Jun;27(6):791-5. Epub 2011 Dec 21 doi: 10.1177/0883073811425972. PMID: 22190508
Magnetic resonance velocity mapping of 3D cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics in hydrocephalus: preliminary results.
Stadlbauer A, Salomonowitz E, Brenneis C, Ungersböck K, van der Riet W, Buchfelder M, Ganslandt O
Eur Radiol 2012 Jan;22(1):232-42. Epub 2011 Aug 24 doi: 10.1007/s00330-011-2247-7. PMID: 21863368
Abnormal cerebrospinal fluid-blood flow dynamics. Implications in diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis in normal pressure hydrocephalus.
Mathew NT, Meyer JS, Hartmann A, Ott EO
Arch Neurol 1975 Oct;32(10):657-64. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1975.00490520027003. PMID: 1180726
Ventriculoatrial shunt for hydrocephalus ex-vacuo psychological and clinical evaluation.
Salmon JH, Gonen JY, Brown L
Dis Nerv Syst 1971 May;32(5):299-307. PMID: 5579550

Clinical prediction guides

LIS1 duplication: expanding the phenotype.
Lockrow JP, Holden KR, Dwivedi A, Matheus MG, Lyons MJ
J Child Neurol 2012 Jun;27(6):791-5. Epub 2011 Dec 21 doi: 10.1177/0883073811425972. PMID: 22190508
Neuroimaging and neuropathology of TBI.
Bigler ED, Maxwell WL
NeuroRehabilitation 2011;28(2):63-74. doi: 10.3233/NRE-2011-0633. PMID: 21447905
Shaken infant syndrome: developmental neuropathology, progressive cortical dysplasia, and epilepsy.
Marín-Padilla M, Parisi JE, Armstrong DL, Sargent SK, Kaplan JA
Acta Neuropathol 2002 Apr;103(4):321-32. Epub 2001 Nov 21 doi: 10.1007/s00401-001-0470-z. PMID: 11904751
CSF spaces in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: morphology and volumetry.
Kitagaki H, Mori E, Ishii K, Yamaji S, Hirono N, Imamura T
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1998 Aug;19(7):1277-84. PMID: 9726467Free PMC Article
Ethylenethiourea: a review of teratogenicity and distribution studies and an assessment of reproduction risk.
Khera KS
Crit Rev Toxicol 1987;18(2):129-39. doi: 10.3109/10408448709089858. PMID: 3311641

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