how to cite this article: fayyazi a, khajeh a, bagheri m, ahmadi s. acute hydrocephaly following methadone intoxication in a child. iranian journal of childneurology 2012;6(1):35-38. infantile methadone intoxication has been on the rise since the usage of methadone in opioid detoxification programs. we report a 30-month-old child with encephalopathy and acute hydrocephaly following methadone in...

Colloid cysts are benign slow-growing cystic lesions located on the roof of the third ventricle that usually present with symptoms related to gradual rise of intracranial pressure. They mostly remain asymptomatic and sometimes grow progressively and cause diverse symptoms associated with increased intracranial pressure such as headache, diplopia, and sixth cranial nerve palsy. Here we report a ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the increasing incidence of hydrocephaly at the Hospital CAISM-UNICAMP and to identify its probable causes. METHODS All children with hydrocephaly delivered at CAISM from September 1987 to December 1998 were studied. Those children presenting hydrocephaly due to neural tube defects were excluded. Data were collected from medical records of the Perinatal Genetics Secto...

Using data from a birth defects registry, this study examined the epidemiology of hydrocephaly in Hawaii during 1986--2000. There were 294 cases of hydrocephaly, resulting in a rate of 10.4 per 10,000 live births. The hydrocephaly rate was lower with increased maternal age and female sex and higher with lower birth weight, lower gestational age, and multiple gestation pregnancy.

X-linked hydrocephaly is a rare sex-linked genetic recessive condition occurring in 1/30,000 deliveries. Adduction of thumbs and mental retardation are additional associated clinical findings. We describe two cases of X-linked hydrocephaly with associated adducted thumbs that were diagnosed prenatally with the combined use of three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound and fetal blood sampling for cytoge...

dandy-walker syndrome is a congenital brain malformation involving the cerebellum and the fourth ventricle. the key features of this syndrome are mental retardation, cerebellar ataxia, and symptoms related to hydrocephaly. the psychiatric aspects of this syndrome have been insufficiently appreciated. described here is a 17- year- old girl with an acute manic episode emerged in the course of dan...

corresponding author Fariborz Estilaee, Department of Psychiatry, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Iran. Adress:22 Bahman Hospital, Neyshabur,Iran. Tel: 098-9155512181 Email:[email protected] Dandy-Walker syndrome is a congenital brain malformation involving the cerebellum and the fourth ventricle. The key features of this syndrome are mental retardation, cerebellar ataxia,...

The paperwork discusses about anatomy, physiology, classification, etiology, physiopathology, clinical aspects, paraclinical investigations, differential diagnosis, evolution, prognostic, therapeutical aspects of hydrocephaly.