Changes in ventricular and intracranial volume in hydrocephalic children following succesful endoscopic third ventriculostomy

George, Edward; Natarajan, Kal; Sgouros, Spyros

Changes in ventricular and intracranial volume in hydrocephalic children following succesful endoscopic third ventriculostomy / Changes in ventricular and intracranial volume in hydrocephalic children following succesful endoscopic third ventriculostomy

George, Edward; Natarajan, Kal; Sgouros, Spyros.

George, Edward; Institute of Child Health. Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery.
Natarajan, Kal; Institute of Child Health. Neuroscience Informatics Laboratory.
Sgouros, Spyros; Institute of Child Health. Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery.

Rev. argent. neurocir ; 18(supl.2): 48-52, ago. 2004. ilus

Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-404783

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Objective:

comunicar la aparicion y crecimiento progresivo de un dermoide intramedular. Descripcion paciente de 16 meses de edad con un cuadro de compresion medular y meningitis secundaria a un quiste dermoide intramedular. Estudios previos realizados al paciente no mostraron la presencia de una lesion expansiva intramedular. Intervencion la cirugia permitio resecar en su totalidad un quiste dermoide abscedado intramedular.

Conclusion:

los pacientes con estigmas cutaneos deben ser controlados periodicamente por la posible presencia, aparicion tardia o progresion de lesiones intrarraquideas

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Child; Constriction, Pathologic/complications; Hydrocephalus/surgery; Hydrocephalus/etiology; Hydrocephalus/therapy; Ventriculostomy

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Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Ventriculostomy / Constriction, Pathologic / Hydrocephalus Limits: Child Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. argent. neurocir Journal subject: Neurosurgery Year: 2004 Type: Article Affiliation country: United kingdom

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