Ventriculoperitoneal shunt failure causing myelopathy in a patient with bilateral jugular vein occlusion: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-63

  Humphries, William E ^a   Grossi, Peter M ^a   Liethe, Linda G ^a   George, Timothy M ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital of Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Jugular vein; Myelopathy; Venous drainage; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DYSMETRIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; JUGULAR VEIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RANGE OF MOTION; SHUNTING; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TENDON REFLEX; VEIN OCCLUSION; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT FAILURE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; JUGULAR VEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33847079313     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2007.6.1.60     Document Type: Article

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