Noninvasive Assessment of Intracranial Pressure Status in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Using Displacement Encoding with Stimulated Echoes (DENSE) MRI: A Prospective Patient Study with Contemporaneous CSF Pressure Correlation

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Nine patients with suspected elevated intracranial pressure and 9 healthy control patients were included in this prospective study. Control patients underwent DENSE MR imaging through the midsagittal brain while patients underwent DENSE MR imaging followed immediately by lumbar puncture with opening pressure measurement, CSF removal, closing pressure measurement, and immediate repeat DENSE MR imaging. All patients had elevated opening pressure (median, 36.0 cm water), decreased by the removal of CSF to a median closing pressure of 17.0 cm water. Measured CSF pressure in patients pre= and post=lumbar puncture correlated significantly with pontine displacement. The authors conclude that DENSE MR imaging may providing a method to noninvasively assess intracranial pressure status in idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

Abstract

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Correlation of measured CSF pressure and pontine displacement by DENSE. The maximum pontine displacement measured by DENSE correlates moderately with measured pressure (opening pressure or closing pressure) by CSF manometry (r = 0.49; P = .04).

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Intracranial pressure is estimated invasively by using lumbar puncture with CSF opening pressure measurement. This study evaluated displacement encoding with stimulated echoes (DENSE), an MR imaging technique highly sensitive to brain motion, as a noninvasive means of assessing intracranial pressure status.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Nine patients with suspected elevated intracranial pressure and 9 healthy control subjects were included in this prospective study. Controls underwent DENSE MR imaging through the midsagittal brain. Patients underwent DENSE MR imaging followed immediately by lumbar puncture with opening pressure measurement, CSF removal, closing pressure measurement, and immediate repeat DENSE MR imaging. Phase-reconstructed images were processed producing displacement maps, and pontine displacement was calculated. Patient data were analyzed to determine the effects of measured pressure on pontine displacement. Patient and control data were analyzed to assess the effects of clinical status (pre–lumbar puncture, post–lumbar puncture, or control) on pontine displacement.

RESULTS

Patients demonstrated imaging findings suggesting chronically elevated intracranial pressure, whereas healthy control volunteers demonstrated no imaging abnormalities. All patients had elevated opening pressure (median, 36.0 cm water), decreased by the removal of CSF to a median closing pressure of 17.0 cm water. Patients pre–lumbar puncture had significantly smaller pontine displacement than they did post–lumbar puncture after CSF pressure reduction (P = .001) and compared with controls (P = .01). Post–lumbar puncture patients had statistically similar pontine displacements to controls. Measured CSF pressure in patients pre– and post–lumbar puncture correlated significantly with pontine displacement (r = 0.49; P = .04).

CONCLUSIONS

This study establishes a relationship between pontine displacement from DENSE MR imaging and measured pressure obtained contemporaneously by lumbar puncture, providing a method to noninvasively assess intracranial pressure status in idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

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Noninvasive Assessment of Intracranial Pressure Status in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Using Displacement Encoding with Stimulated Echoes (DENSE) MRI: A Prospective Patient Study with Contemporaneous CSF Pressure Correlation
Jeffrey Ross
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