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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-5-26
pubmed:abstractText
We are reporting eight patients who demonstrated double compartment hydrocephalus, i.e., supratentorial and infratentorial hydrocephalus in clinical sequence and separately. One infant with veil occlusion of the aqueduct was operated on to remove the veil and then later demonstrated panhydrocephalus. Six patients had been treated months to years earlier by the performance of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt for aqueductal hydrocephalus and then developed characteristic cerebellar-brain stem deficits from 4th ventricle enlargement. The work-up included computed tomographic scan, air study, isotope cerebrospinal fluid flow study, and direct 4th ventricle pressure studies. Operation with removal of a veil occlusion of the upper 4th ventricle aqueduct produced immediate recovery in five of six patients. The conversion of aqueductal stenosis to veil occlusion is postulated as the mechanism of "primary" veil obstruction found in infants. This new clinical entity is more common than realized. We report one patient with compartmental 4th ventricular hydrocephalus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0148-396X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
551-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Double compartment hydrocephalus--a new clinical entity.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article