A stillborn female with Hanhart's syndrome in association with hydrocephalus owing to stenosis of the aqueduct of Sylvius is presented. Neuropathological findings are suggestive of an acquired pathophysiological mechanism.

We examined a 38-year-old male with syringohydromyelia and concomitant symptoms suggestive of intracranial hypertension including unilateral low-frequency sensorineural hearing loss and objective pulsatile tinnitus. The tinnitus was heard by the authors (through a hearing aid stethoscope tube), measured objectively (with a probe microphone), measured subjectively (as minimum masking levels and ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The cisternal segments of the lower cranial nerves (CNs) adjacent to the jugular foramen (JF) are difficult to identify reliably by routine MR imaging. We performed a 3D balanced fast-field echo imaging technique (3D-bFFE) to obtain detailed anatomy of the cisternal segments of CNs IX, X, and XI. MATERIALS AND METHODS 3D-bFFE was used to image the cisternal segments of ...

Enlarged vestibular aqueduct (EVA) syndrome is a common congenital inner ear malformation characterized by a vestibular aqueduct with a diameter larger than 1.5 mm, mixed or sensorineural hearing loss that ranges from mild to profound, and vestibular disorders that may be present with a range from mild imbalance to episodic objective vertigo. In our study, we present the case of a patient with ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this prospective study was to identify the ability of cerebrospinal fluid flow study using phase contrast MR imaging to replace the invasive methods currently used to establish the diagnosis of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). MATERIALS AND METHODS Between January 2003 and April 2005, 61 patients with clinical symptoms fitting the Hakim triad and a di...