Phase-contrast cine MRI revealing en valve mechanism in spontaneous third ventriculostomy: Report of a case and literature review

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 817-820

  Bailey, Ariel ^a   Pipitone, Nicolò ^b   Zuccoli, Giulio ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral aqueduct; Cine magnetic resonance imaging; Hydrocephalus; Third ventricle; Ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAMMILLARY BODY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 77957813184     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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