Hydrocephalus due to diffuse villous hyperplasia of the choroid plexus: Case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-36

  Fujimoto, Yasunori ^a,b   Matsushita, Hamilton ^a   Plese, José Píndaro ^a   Marino Jr , Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus; Diagnosis; Diffuse hyperplasia; Hydrocephalus; Papilloma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ASCITES; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHOROID PLEXUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BRAIN; CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERPLASIA; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAPILLOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1542407841     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076575     Document Type: Review

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