Diverticular enlargement of the foramina of Luschka and congenital hydrocephalus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 652-655

  Inamura, Takanori ^a   Morioka, Takato ^a   Nishio, Shunji ^a   Ikezaki, Kiyonobu ^a   Nonaka, Hiroki ^a   Yoshiura, Takashi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital hydrocephalus; CT cisternography; Foramina of Luschka; Fourth ventricular outlet obstruction; Neuroendoscopic third ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CISTERNA MAGNA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; DIVERTICULUM; DRAINAGE; ENDOSCOPY; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; THIRD VENTRICLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0036863538     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0639-3     Document Type: Article

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