Hydrocephalus is characterized by an imbalance of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) formation and absorption. It is manifested as a dilatation of the ventricular system. About 55% of all hydrocephalus cases have congenital origin. There are two types of hydrocephalus: communicating and non-communicating with subarachnoid space and the diagnosis depends on the computed tomography (CT) and magnetic reson...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of the present study was to analyze the outcome and outcome predictors of caudate hemorrhage and role of external ventricular drainage in acute hydrocephalus. METHODS Clinical data from 36 consecutive patients with hypertensive caudate hemorrhage was used in the present study. Age, gender, volume of parenchymal hematoma, hematoma in the internal capsule, ini...

The association of congenital hydrocephalus and heart disease in children is infrequent, but may present considerable dilemmas in management. This report describes the treatment and prognosis of 11 children with both clinical problems. There were 5 males and 6 females. Hydrocephalus occurred following aqueductal stenosis in 5 children and the Dandy-Walker malformation in 3. Three children were ...

AIM Shunting and endoscopic third ventriculostomy for treatment of hydrocephalus have their own complications which make the management of such patients more difficult. We have examined the subfrontal route to fenestrate lamina terminalis in order to achieve relief of hydrocephalus in eight consecutive patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS Eight patients with the diagnosis of hyd...

A family is described with congenital hydrocephalus occurring in two pregnancies following the birth of a child with a neural tube defect (NTD). Prenatal diagnosis of hydrocephalus at mid-gestation was achieved by ultrasonography. The increased frequency of hydrocephalus among sibs of probands with a NTD and vice versa suggests that, following the birth of a child with either malformations, sub...

The outcome of four successive pregnancies in a woman heterozygous for X linked hydrocephalus is described. The last two were scanned by ultrasound. In one, a good prognosis was given; the fetus was male but there was no evidence of dilated cerebral ventricles. In the other, hydrocephalus was diagnosed. The absence of aqueductal stenosis in this case supports the hypothesis that in this X linke...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cine phase-contrast (PC) MR imaging is a convenient and effective method for measuring volumetric flow rates in vivo. We attempted to evaluate changes in blood flow in the superior sagittal sinus (SSS) in children and to assess the hypothesis that restricted venous outflow attributable to stenosis of the jugular vein causes hydrocephalus in achondroplasia. METHODS Blood...

Objective: The purpose of this study is to analyse the complication rate endoscopic third ventriculostomy for obstructive hydrocephalus. Study Design: Descriptive Place and Duration: This descriptive was conducted at Dow International Medical College Hospital OJHA Campus, Karachi in period from May, 2022 October, 2022. Methods: Total 97 male female patients aged 1-30 presented. Patients had hyd...

normal pressure hydrocephalus (nph) is characterized by gait apraxia, urinary incontinence, and dementia. mixed connective tissue disease (mctd) is an autoimmune connective tissue disease that has never been reported to cause nph. our patient was a 67-year man with a one-year history of gradual worsening gait and balance, urinary urgency with urge incontinence and decreased short-term memory. p...

b a c k ground: csf is a clear liquid that its mechanical properties are to a large extent similar to water properties. regarding the lack of a numerical index for diagnosis of diseases resulting from increased csf pressure such as hydrocephalus, evaluation of hydrodynamic conditions of csf in cerebral ventricular system is of great importance. methods: at first, the diagram of velocity in sylv...