Slit ventricle syndrome: A case report of intermittent intracranial hypertension

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 781-783

  Agarwal, Nitin ^a   Vernier, Eric ^a   Ravenscroft, Sheri ^b   Schwartz, Lauren ^c   Oleske, James ^a   Ming, Xue ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Atlantic Health   (United States)

^c New Jersey Pediatric Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

hydrocephalus; intermittent intracranial hypertension; slit ventricle syndrome; ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMITTENT INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRAINE; NEUROIMAGING; PHOTOPHOBIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SLIT VENTRICLE SYNDROME; VOMITING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HYDROCEPHALUS; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUNCTURE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION;

HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERMITTENT INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; SLIT VENTRICLE SYNDROME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REOPERATION; SLIT VENTRICLE SYNDROME; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878101730     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073812449906     Document Type: Article

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