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Transcranial Doppler and Real-Time Cranial Sonography in Neonatal Hydrocephalus

Neurosonology Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Section of Pediatric Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA

John N. Livingstone

Neurosonology Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Section of Pediatric Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA

Nine hydrocephalic infants who were less than 1 year old and 7 age-matched control subjects were examined by real-time and transcranial Doppler sonography to evaluate cerebral blood flow and to correlate it to ventricular size. These 16 infants were placed in one of three groups: infants in group 1 (n = 7) had a normal ventricular size, infants in group 2 (n = 3) had a progressively increasing ventricular size, and infants in group 3 (n = 6) had ventriculomegaly with either stable or decreasing ventricular size or a functioning ventriculoperitoneal shunt. All scans performed on group-2 infants showed markedly increased ventricular size and increased pulsatility index, while those on group-1 infants showed a normal ventricular size and pulsatility index. However, the scans of group-3 infants revealed increased ventricular size and normal pulsatility index. Regression analysis of the data showed rather weak correlations between ventricular size and pulsatility index for all groups. The regression data suggest that ventricular size is not the main determinant of cerebral blood flow in the neonate with hydrocephalus and that intracranial pressure may be a more critical factor. These data suggest that pulsatility index, as measured by transcranial Doppler, can be clinically more important than just the anatomical data alone in the evaluation of hydrocephaly. This points to a possible use of transcranial Doppler sonography in the evaluation of hydrocephalic patients for placement of ventriculoperitoneal shunts. (J Child Neurol 1989;4:64-69).

Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 4, No. 1, 64-69 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/088307388900400112


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