CONGENITAL TRIVENTRICULAR HYDROCEPHALUS ASSOCIATED WITH A SMALL LIPOMA IN THE QUADRIGEMINAL PLATE CISTERN

Authors
KAWAMATA T AOKI N SAKAI T TAKAKURA K
Citation
T. Kawamata et al., CONGENITAL TRIVENTRICULAR HYDROCEPHALUS ASSOCIATED WITH A SMALL LIPOMA IN THE QUADRIGEMINAL PLATE CISTERN, Child's nervous system, 11(2), 1995, pp. 121-123
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Pediatrics
Journal title
Child's nervous system → ACNP
ISSN journal
02567040
Volume
11
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
121 - 123
Database
ISI
SICI code
0256-7040(1995)11:2<121:CTHAWA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A case of neonatal congenital triventricular hydrocephalus due to a sm all intracranial lipoma in the quadrigeminal plate cistern is reported . The patient was treated by a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. The mechani sm of obstructive hydrocephalus caused by the intracranial lipoma is d iscussed.