Progressive brainstem compression in an infant with neurocutaneous melanosis and Dandy-Walker complex following ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement for hydrocephalus: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 500-503

  McClelland III, Shearwood ^a   Charnas, Lawrence R ^a   SantaCruz, Karen S ^a   Garner, Hart P ^a   Lam, Cornelius H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem compression; Dandy Walker complex; Hydrocephalus; Neurocutaneous melanosis; Pediatric neurosurgery; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MELANOSIS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHAKOMATOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS;

BRAIN STEM; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOSIS; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 38449094267     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED-07/12/500     Document Type: Article

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