Hypertensive slit ventricle syndrome: Pseudotumor cerebri with a malfunctioning shunt? Report of 3 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1503-1510

  Bateman, Grant A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptococcal meningitis; Hydrocephalus; Slit ventricle syndrome; Stenosis; Venous sinus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; HEADACHE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT VENTRICLE SYNDROME; VOMITING;

EID: 84889243814     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.7.JNS13390     Document Type: Article

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