Disproportionately large communicating fourth ventricle with syringomyelia - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 278-281

  Hagihara, Naoshi ^a,b   Sakata, Shuji ^a  

^a Saga Prefectural Hospital Kouseikan   (Japan)

^b Koyanagi Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Disproportionately large communicating fourth ventricle with syringomyelia; Syringomyelia; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; DISPROPORTIONATELY LARGE COMMUNICATING FOURTH VENTRICLE; DIZZINESS; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCONTINENCE; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; SHUNTING; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 34347260324     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.47.278     Document Type: Article

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