Lumbar opening pressure and radiologic scoring in idiopathic intracranial hypertension : is there any correlation?

doi:10.12659/PJR.903662

Lumbar opening pressure and radiologic scoring in ...

Bibliographic description

title:	Lumbar opening pressure and radiologic scoring in idiopathic intracranial hypertension : is there any correlation?
author:	Tuncel Sedat Alpaslan, Yılmaz Erdem, Çağlı Bekir, Tekataş Aslan, Çelik Yahya, Ünlü Mehmet Ercüment
Journal title:	Polish Journal of Radiology
volume:	82
date of publication:	2017
pages:	701-705
ISSN:	1733-134X
eISSN:	1899-0967
DOI:	10.12659/PJR.903662
notes:	Bibliogr. s. 704-705
language:	English
Journal language:	English
abstract in english:	Background: To investigate correlation between lumbar opening pressure (LOP) and radiological scores based on cranial MRI and contrast-enhanced MR venography in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). Material/Methods: Patients with IIH who underwent brain MRI and contrast-enhanced MR venography before measurement of LOP between 2010-2014 were evaluated retrospectively. Three experienced radiologists (blinded to LOP values) evaluated a total of 51 patients. They reached a consensus on the presence or absence of 6 radiological findings identified in the literature as characteristic for IIH: empty sella, perioptic dilation, optical tortuosity, flattening of the posterior globe, swelling of the optic disc, and bilateral transverse sinus stenosis. The radiological score was obtained by giving 1 point for the presence of each finding, with the highest possible score of 6 points. The correlation between the calculated radiological scores and LOP was evaluated. Results: There was no significant correlation between LOP and radiological scores (r=0.095; p=0.525, Spearman's rank coefficient). Similarly, no significant correlation was detected between LOP and each of the radiological findings (partial empty sella [p=0.137], perioptic dilation [p=0.265], optical tortuosity [p=0.948], flattening of the posterior globe [p=0.491], swelling of the optic disc [p=0.881], and bilateral dural sinus stenosis [p=0.837], Mann-Whitney U test). Conclusions: There was no significant correlation between LOP and reliable radiological features of IIH.
keywords in english:	headache, magnetic resonance imaging, pseudotumor cerebri
type:	journal article
subtype:	academic paper

Files in this item

Name: tuncel_yilmaz_cag ...

Size: 1.934Mb

Format: PDF

View/Open

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa - Użycie niekomercyjne - Bez utworów zależnych 3.0 Polska

Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa - Użycie niekomercyjne - Bez utworów zależnych 3.0 Polska