Hydrocephalus associated with cystic dilation of the foramina of Magendie and Luschka

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 415-418

  Takami, Hirokazu ^a   Shin, Masahiro ^a   Kuroiwa, Masafumi ^a   Isoo, Ayako ^a   Takahashi, Kan ^a   Saito, Nobuhito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blake pouch cyst; Foramen of luschka; Foramen of magendie; Hydrocephalus; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FORAMEN CYSTIC DILATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOMITING;

CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; THIRD VENTRICLE; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 77950592413     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.10.PEDS09179     Document Type: Article

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