SECONDARY AMENORRHEA DUE TO HYDROCEPHALUS TREATED WITH ENDOSCOPIC VENTRICULOCISTERNOSTOMY - CASE-REPORT

The authors present a case of secondary amenorrhea in a 32-year-old wo man found to have noncommunicating hydrocephalus due to aqueductal ste nosis. Although the presentation of hydrocephalus with amenorrhea has been previously reported, this association remains rare. After treatme nt via endoscopic third ventriculocisternostomy, the patient resumed n ormal menstruation and ail hormonal abnormalities have resolved except hypothyroidism, A review of the literature on the etiology of endocri nological disturbances in patients with hydrocephalus is presented.