Diffuse villous hyperplasia of the choroid plexus and its surgical management

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 518-522

  Cataltepe, Oguz ^a   Liptzin, Deborah ^a   Jolley, Lindsey ^a   Smith, Thomas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus; Diffuse villous hyperplasia; Endoscopic coagulation; Hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM;

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFUSE VILLOUS HYPERPLASIA OF THE CHOROID PLEXUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOROID PLEXUS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERPLASIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 77951788945     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.12.PEDS0960     Document Type: Article

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