Adult-onset aqueductal stenosis caused by membranous occlusion in the aqueduct: A case report

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 745-748

  Yamasaki, Fumiyuki ^a   Kodama, Yasunori ^a   Hotta, Takuhiro ^a   Taniguchi, Eiji ^a   Kajiwara, Yoshinori ^a   Sakoda, Eiichirou ^a   Eguchi, Kuniki ^b   Hashizume, Akira ^c  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KURE MEDICAL CENTER AND CHUGOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c National Sanatorium Hiroshima Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

aqueductal stenosis; hydrocephalus; magnetic resonance imaging; membrane; web

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0029761890     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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