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Magnetic Resonance Elastography Demonstrating Low Brain Stiffness in a Patient with Low-Pressure Hydrocephalus: Case
William C Olivero1, Tracey Wszalek, Huan Wang
1Carle Neuroscience Institute, Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, Ill., USA.
Pediatric Neurosurgery
|May 21, 2016
Abstract:
The authors describe the case of a 19-year-old female with shunted aqueductal stenosis who presented with low-pressure hydrocephalus that responded to negative pressure drainage. A magnetic resonance elastography scan performed 3 weeks later demonstrated very low brain tissue stiffness (high brain tissue compliance). An analysis of the importance of this finding in understanding this rare condition is discussed.

