Unilateral hydrocephalus: Atypical presentation of intracranial tuberculoma;Tek tarafı hidrosefali: İntrakranyal tüberkülomun atipik bir sunumu

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 242-245

  Singh, Deepak Kumar ^a   Rastogi, Manu ^a   Sharma, Anurag ^a   Husain, Mazhar ^a  

^a Sahara Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Foramen of monro; Septostomy; Tuberculoma; Unilateral hydrocephalus; Unusual presentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955757396     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2766-09.1     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Ahuja GK, Mohan KK, Prasad K, Behari M: Diagnostic criteria for tuberculous meningitis and their validation. Tubercle & Lung Dis 75:149, 1994.
2. Borkar SA, Satyarthe GD, Khan RN, Sharma BS, Mahapatra AK: Spontaneous extrusion of migrated ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter through chest wall: A case report. Turk Neurosurg 18: 95-98, 2008.
3. Braun WM, Cote TR, Rabkin CS: Trends in death with tuberculosis during the AIDS era. JAMA 269(22):2865-2875, 1993.
4. Desai BB, Shah VC, Tavri OJ, Rao P: MRI: More specific than CT in cranial tuberculomas. Neuroradiology 33:216, 1991.
5. Ghritlaharey RK, Budhwani KS, Srivastava DK, et al: Trans-anal protrusion of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt catheter with silent bowel perforation: Report of ten cases in children. Pediatr Surg Int 23:575, 2007.
6. Gree GT, Bazan III C, Jinkings JR: Miliary tuberculosis involving the brain. MR findings. AJR 159:1075, 1992.
7. Gupta RK, Jena A, Sharma A et al: MR imaging of intracranial tuberculoma. J Compt Assist Tomogr 12:280, 1988.
8. Hamada H, Hayashi N, Kurimoto M, Umemura K, Hirashima Y, Endo S: Neuroendoscopic septostomy for isolated lateral ventricle. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 43:582-588, 2003.
9. Lepper MH, Spies HW: The present status of the treatment of tuberculosis of the central nervous system. Ann NY Acad Sci 106: 106-123, 1963.
10. Mayers MM, Kauffmann DD, Miller MH: Recent cases of intracranial tuberculomas. Neurology 28:256-260, 1987.
11. Mohindra S, Singla N, Gupta R, Gupta SK: CSF fistula through the umbilicus following a shunt surgery: A case report and literature review. Pediatr Neurosurg 43:396-398, 2007.
12. Oi S, Matsumoto S: Pathophysiology of nonneoplastic obstruction of the foramen of Monro and progressive unilateral hydrocephalus. Neurosurgery 17:891-896, 1985.
13. Ramamurthi B, Varadarajan MG: Diagnosis of tuberculomas of the brain: Clinical and radiological correlation. J Neurosurg 18:1, 1961.
14. Teoh R, Hymphries MJ, O'Mahony G: Symptomatic intracranial tuberculoma developing during treatment of tuberculosis: A report of 10 patients and review of literature. Q JMed 63:449, 1987.