Relationship between pineal cyst size and aqueductal CSF flow measured by phase contrast MRI.

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences
Abraham F BezuidenhoutRafeeque A Bhadelia

Abstract

Most patients with pineal cysts referred for neurosurgical consultation have no specific symptoms or objective findings except for pineal cyst size to help in management decisions. Our purpose was to assess the relationship between pineal cyst size and aqueductal CSF flow using PC-MRI. Eleven adult patients with pineal cysts (>1 cm) referred for neurosurgical consultations were included. Cyst volume was calculated using 3D T1 images. Phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging (PC-MRI) in axial plane with velocity encoding of 5 cm/sec was used to quantitatively assess CSF flow through the cerebral aqueduct to determine the aqueductal stroke volume, which was then correlated to cyst size using Pearson's correlation. Pineal cysts were grouped by size into small (6/11) and large (5/11) using the median value to compare aqueductal stroke volume using Mann-Whitney test. Patients were 39±13 years (mean±SD) of age, and 10/11 (91%) were female. There was significant negative correlation between cyst volume and aqueductal stroke volume (r=0.74; P=0.009). Volume of small cysts (4954±2157 mm3) was significantly different compared to large cysts (13,752±3738 mm3; P=0.008). The aqueductal stroke volume of patients harboring large cysts 33±8 μ...Continue Reading

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