RT Book, Section
A1 Ropper, Allan H.
A1 Samuels, Martin A.
A1 Klein, Joshua P.
A1 Prasad, Sashank
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ID 1162593891
T1 Disturbances of Cerebrospinal Fluid, Including Hydrocephalus, Pseudotumor Cerebri, and Low-Pressure Syndromes
T2 Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 11e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071842617
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1162593891
RD 2024/04/20
AB In  the  chapters  to  follow,  reference  is  made  to  the  ways  in  which  changes  in  the  cerebrospinal  fluid  (CSF)  reflect  the  basic  pathologic  processes  in  a  variety  of  inflammatory  and  infectious,  neoplastic,  demyelinative,  and  degenerative  diseases.  The  CSF  alterations  in  these  circumstances  raise  so  many  important  problems  that  we  consider  it  worthwhile  to  discuss  in  one  chapter  the  mechanisms  of  the  formation,  circulation,  and  absorption  of  the  CSF,  particularly  as  they  pertain  to  alterations  of  intracranial  pressure  (ICP).  It  follows  that  the  diseases  that  result  from  perturbations  in  these  mechanisms,  namely  hydrocephalus,  pseudotumor  cerebri,  and  syndromes  produced  by  reduced  pressure  in  the  CSF  compartment,  are  also  presented.  Further  information  on  the  management  of  raised  ICP,  particularly  as  it  pertains  to  traumatic  brain  injury,  can  be  found  in  Chap.  34.  Examination  of  the  CSF  as  a  diagnostic  aid  in  neurology  was  discussed  in  Chap.  2,  and  the  primary  infectious  and  noninfectious  inflammatory  reactions  of  the  pia-arachnoid  (leptomeninges)  and  ependyma  of  the  ventricles  are  considered  in  Chap.  31.