The definition of chronic adult hydrocephalus encompasses different pathological entities with overlapping characteristics, including long-standing overt ventriculomegaly in adults (LOVA), late-onset idiopathic aqueductal stenosis (LIAS) and idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). The aim of our study was to identify preoperative clinical and radiological features peculiar of these diseases providing some pathophysiology inferences on these forms of hydrocephalus.

Open-aqueduct LOVA, LIAS, iNPH: a comparative clinical-radiological study exploring the "grey zone" between different forms of chronic adulthood hydrocephalus

Carretta, Alessandro
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La Corte, Emanuele;Giannini, Giulia;Tonon, Caterina;Mazzatenta, Diego;Conti, Alfredo
2022

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The definition of chronic adult hydrocephalus encompasses different pathological entities with overlapping characteristics, including long-standing overt ventriculomegaly in adults (LOVA), late-onset idiopathic aqueductal stenosis (LIAS) and idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). The aim of our study was to identify preoperative clinical and radiological features peculiar of these diseases providing some pathophysiology inferences on these forms of hydrocephalus.
2022
Palandri, Giorgio; Carretta, Alessandro; La Corte, Emanuele; Giannini, Giulia; Martinoni, Matteo; Mantovani, Paolo; Albini-Riccioli, Luca; Tonon, Caterina; Mazzatenta, Diego; Elder, Benjamin D; Conti, Alfredo
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