Jugular foramen stenosis in external hydrocephalus in infants.

Benign enlargement of the subarachnoid spaces–BESS Benign external hydrocephalus Benign pericerebral collection External hydrocephalus Hydrocephalus Infants Jugular foramen Macrocephaly Macrocrania Positional plagiocephaly Postural plagiocephaly Subarachnomegaly Venous hypertension Venous obstruction grading score

Journal

Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
ISSN: 1433-0350
Titre abrégé: Childs Nerv Syst
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 8503227

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
20 Apr 2024
Historique:
received: 29 03 2024
accepted: 14 04 2024
medline: 20 4 2024
pubmed: 20 4 2024
entrez: 20 4 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

To measure the size of jugular foramina in infants affected by external hydrocephalus (EH) and in a control group, to support the hypothesis that a jugular foramen (JF) stenosis may determine dural venous sinus alterations and increased venous outflow resistance as main pathophysiological factor. Minimum, maximum, and mean values of JF areas were measured in a series of phase-contrast magnetic resonance venous angiography (angio MRV PCA3D) performed on 81 infants affected by EH. Results were compared with a group of 54 controls. Smaller JF area was significantly smaller in patients versus controls (43.1 ± 14.6 vs. 52.7 ± 17.8; p < 0.001) resulting in a significantly smaller mean JF areas in patients vs. controls (51.6 ± 15.8 vs. 57.0 ± 18.3; p = 0.043). In patients, smaller JF areas were significantly associated with higher venous obstruction grading score (VOGS) both on the right (p = 0.018) and on the left side (p = 0.005). Positional plagiocephaly (cranial vault asymmetry index > 3.5%) was more frequent among EH patients than controls (38/17) but the difference was not significant (p = 0.07). In the 38 plagiocephalic patients, JF area was smaller on the flattened side than the contralateral in a significant number of cases both in right (21/7) and left (9/1) plagiocephaly (p < 0.0005) as well as the mean area (48.2 + 16.4 mm In this series of infants affected by EH, the mean size of the ostium of both JF resulted significantly smaller than controls. JF stenosis was significantly associated with higher degrees of venous obstruction on both sides, suggesting a direct extrinsic effect of JF size on dural sinus lumen and possible consequent effect on venous outflow resistance. Positional plagiocephaly, when present, was associated with a decreased JF area and increased VOGS on the flattened side.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38642112
doi: 10.1007/s00381-024-06414-8
pii: 10.1007/s00381-024-06414-8
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.

Références

Cinalli G, di Martino G, Russo C et al (2021) Dural venous sinus anatomy in children with external hydrocephalus: analysis of a series of 97 patients. Childs Nerv Syst 37:3021–3032. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-021-05322-5
doi: 10.1007/s00381-021-05322-5 pubmed: 34430999 pmcid: 8510989
Maytal J, Alvarez L, Elkin C, Shinnar S (1987) External hydrocephalus: radiologic spectrum and differentiation from cerebral atrophy. Am J Roentgenol 148:1223–1230. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.148.6.1223
doi: 10.2214/ajr.148.6.1223
Barlow CF (1984) CSF dynamics in hydrocephalus—with special attention to external hydrocephalus. Brain Dev 6:119–127. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0387-7604(84)80060-1
doi: 10.1016/S0387-7604(84)80060-1 pubmed: 6465466
Bateman GA, Napier BD (2011) External hydrocephalus in infants: six cases with MR venogram and flow quantification correlation. Childs Nerv Syst 27:2087–2096. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-011-1549-z
doi: 10.1007/s00381-011-1549-z pubmed: 21833725
Sainz LV, Zipfel J, Kerscher SR et al (2019) Cerebro-venous hypertension: a frequent cause of so-called “external hydrocephalus” in infants. Childs Nerv Syst 35:251–256. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-018-4007-3
doi: 10.1007/s00381-018-4007-3 pubmed: 30474714
Zahl SM, Egge A, Helseth E, Wester K (2019) Clinical, radiological, and demographic details of benign external hydrocephalus: a population-based study. Pediatr Neurol 96:53–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.01.015
doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.01.015 pubmed: 30808532
Wiig US, Zahl SM, Egge A et al (2017) Epidemiology of benign external hydrocephalus in Norway—a population-based study. Pediatr Neurol 73:36–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2017.04.018
doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2017.04.018 pubmed: 28666559
Maruccia F, Gomáriz L, Rosas K et al (2021) Neurodevelopmental profile in children with benign external hydrocephalus syndrome. A pilot cohort study. Childs Nerv Syst 37:2799–2806. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-021-05201-z
doi: 10.1007/s00381-021-05201-z pubmed: 33973055
Holste KG, Wieland CM, Ibrahim M et al (2022) Subdural hematoma prevalence and long-term developmental outcomes in patients with benign expansion of the subarachnoid spaces. J Neurosurg Pediatr 29:536–542. https://doi.org/10.3171/2021.12.PEDS21436
doi: 10.3171/2021.12.PEDS21436 pubmed: 35148506
Ment LR, Duncan CC, Geehr R (1981) Benign enlargement of the subarachnoid spaces in the infant. J Neurosurg 54:504–508. https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1981.54.4.0504
doi: 10.3171/jns.1981.54.4.0504 pubmed: 7205351
Sainz LV, Schuhmann MU (2021) Subarachnomegaly—venous congestion of infancy. Childs Nerv Syst 37:3455–3463. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-021-05328-z
doi: 10.1007/s00381-021-05328-z pubmed: 34687332 pmcid: 8578156
Alvarez LA, Maytal J, Shinnar S (1986) Idiopathic external hydrocephalus: natural history and relationship to benign familial macrocephaly. Pediatrics 77:901–907
doi: 10.1542/peds.77.6.901 pubmed: 3714384
Portnoy HD (1978) Megalencephaly in infants and children. Arch Neurol 35:306. https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1978.00500290052009
doi: 10.1001/archneur.1978.00500290052009 pubmed: 646683
Sahar A (1978) Pseudohydrocephalus-megalocephaly, increased intracranial pressure and widened subarachnoid space. Neuropediatrics 9:131–139. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0028-1085418
doi: 10.1055/s-0028-1085418
Baraton J, Brunelle F, Pierre-Kahn A et al (1989) X-ray computed tomography coupled with cisternography in chronic pericerebral effusions in young children. Neurochirurgie 35(395–400):411
pubmed: 2633062
Odita JC (1992) The widened frontal subarachnoid space. Child’s Nervous System 8:36–39. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00316560
doi: 10.1007/BF00316560 pubmed: 1576605
Andersson J, Wikström J, Högberg U et al (2022) External hydrocephalus as a cause of infant subdural hematoma: epidemiological and radiological investigations of infants suspected of being abused. Pediatr Neurol 126:26–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2021.09.018
doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2021.09.018 pubmed: 34736060
Sainte-Rose C, LaCombe J, Pierre-Kahn A et al (1984) Intracranial venous sinus hypertension: cause or consequence of hydrocephalus in infants? J Neurosurg 60:727–736. https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1984.60.4.0727
doi: 10.3171/jns.1984.60.4.0727 pubmed: 6707742
Pierre-Kahn A, Hirsch JF, Renier D et al (1980) Hydrocephalus and achondroplasia. A study of 25 observations. Childs Brain 7:205–219
pubmed: 7438842
Florisson JMG, Barmpalios G, Lequin M et al (2015) Venous hypertension in syndromic and complex craniosynostosis: the abnormal anatomy of the jugular foramen and collaterals. J Craniomaxillofac Surg 43:312–318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcms.2014.11.023
doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2014.11.023 pubmed: 25604402
Calandrelli R, Panfili M, D’Apolito G et al (2017) Quantitative approach to the posterior cranial fossa and craniocervical junction in asymptomatic children with achondroplasia. Neuroradiology 59:1031–1041. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-017-1887-y
doi: 10.1007/s00234-017-1887-y pubmed: 28819680
Loveday BP, de Chalain TB (2001) Active counterpositioning or orthotic device to treat positional plagiocephaly? J Craniofac Surg 12:308–313. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001665-200107000-00003
doi: 10.1097/00001665-200107000-00003 pubmed: 11482615
Calandrelli R, Pilato F, Massimi L et al (2024) Computed tomography quantitative analysis of cranial vault dysmorphology and severity of facial complex changes in posterior synostotic plagiocephaly patients. Childs Nerv Syst 40:779–790. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-023-06227-1
doi: 10.1007/s00381-023-06227-1 pubmed: 38095653
Miyabayashi H, Saito K, Kato R et al (2023) Denominator of cranial vault asymmetry index: choosing between longer and shorter diagonal lengths. J Craniofac Surg 34:e369–e372. https://doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000009263
doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000009263 pubmed: 36922383
de Freitas CAF, dos Santos LRM, Santos AN et al (2020) Anatomical study of jugular foramen in the neck. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol 86:44–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjorl.2018.09.004
doi: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2018.09.004 pubmed: 30348503
Okudera T, Huang YP, Ohta T et al (1994) Development of posterior fossa dural sinuses, emissary veins, and jugular bulb: morphological and radiologic study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 15:1871–1883
pubmed: 7863937 pmcid: 8334261
Shim Y, Ko JM, Cho T-J et al (2021) Predictors of cervical myelopathy and hydrocephalus in young children with achondroplasia. Orphanet J Rare Dis 16:81. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-021-01725-4
doi: 10.1186/s13023-021-01725-4 pubmed: 33579320 pmcid: 7881633
Mukherjee D, Pressman BD, Krakow D et al (2014) Dynamic cervicomedullary cord compression and alterations in cerebrospinal fluid dynamics in children with achondroplasia: review of an 11-year surgical case series. J Neurosurg Pediatr 14:238–244. https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.5.PEDS12614
doi: 10.3171/2014.5.PEDS12614 pubmed: 24971605
Bosemani T, Orman G, Hergan B et al (2015) Achondroplasia in children: correlation of ventriculomegaly, size of foramen magnum and jugular foramina, and emissary vein enlargement. Childs Nerv Syst 31:129–133. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-014-2559-4
doi: 10.1007/s00381-014-2559-4 pubmed: 25249421
Kendall B, Holland I (1981) Benign communicating hydrocephalus in children. Neuroradiology 21:93–96. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00342987
doi: 10.1007/BF00342987 pubmed: 7207816
Oi S, Di Rocco C (2006) Proposal of “evolution theory in cerebrospinal fluid dynamics” and minor pathway hydrocephalus in developing immature brain. Childs Nerv Syst 22:662–669. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-005-0020-4
doi: 10.1007/s00381-005-0020-4 pubmed: 16685545
Dekaban AS, Sadowsky D (1978) Changes in brain weights during the span of human life: relation of brain weights to body heights and body weights. Ann Neurol 4:345–356. https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.410040410
doi: 10.1002/ana.410040410 pubmed: 727739
Benders MJNL, Hendrikse J, de Vries LS et al (2011) Phase-contrast magnetic resonance angiography measurements of global cerebral blood flow in the neonate. Pediatr Res 69:544–547. https://doi.org/10.1203/PDR.0b013e3182176aab
doi: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e3182176aab pubmed: 21364492
Kehrer M, Goelz R, Krägeloh-Mann I, Schöning M (2002) Measurement of volume of cerebral blood flow in healthy preterm and term neonates with ultrasound. Lancet 360:1749–1750. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11720-X
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11720-X
Hirabuki N, Watanabe Y, Mano T et al (2000) Quantitation of flow in the superior sagittal sinus performed with cine phase-contrast MR imaging of healthy and achondroplastic children. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 21:1497–1501
pubmed: 11003286 pmcid: 7974061
Gomez DG, Ehrmann JE, Potts DG et al (1983) The arachnoid granulations of the newborn human: an ultrastructural study. Int J Dev Neurosci 1:139–145. https://doi.org/10.1016/0736-5748(83)90040-0
doi: 10.1016/0736-5748(83)90040-0 pubmed: 24875725

Auteurs

Giuseppe Cinalli (G)

Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital (AORN), Naples, Italy. giuseppe.cinalli@gmail.com.

Giuliana Di Martino (G)

Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital (AORN), Naples, Italy.

Carmela Russo (C)

Pediatric Neuroradiology, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital (AORN), Naples, Italy.

Adriana Cristofano (A)

Pediatric Neuroradiology, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital (AORN), Naples, Italy.

Stefania Picariello (S)

Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital (AORN), Naples, Italy.

Maria Allegra Cinalli (MA)

Department of Neurosurgery, Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo Dei Tintori, Monza, Italy.

Giuseppe Mirone (G)

Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital (AORN), Naples, Italy.

Federica Mazio (F)

Pediatric Neuroradiology, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital (AORN), Naples, Italy.

Mario Quarantelli (M)

Biostructure and Bioimaging Institute, National Research Council, Naples, Italy.

Pietro Spennato (P)

Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital (AORN), Naples, Italy.

Eugenio Covelli (E)

Pediatric Neuroradiology, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital (AORN), Naples, Italy.

Classifications MeSH