FATAL TUMOR HEMORRHAGE AFTER VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNTING - CASE-REPORT

Authors
SCHROEDER HWS NIENDORF WR SCHWESINGER G GAAB MR
Citation
Hws. Schroeder et al., FATAL TUMOR HEMORRHAGE AFTER VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNTING - CASE-REPORT, Neuropediatrics, 26(3), 1995, pp. 177-179
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,Neurosciences
Journal title
Neuropediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
0174304X
Volume
26
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
177 - 179
Database
ISI
SICI code
0174-304X(1995)26:3<177:FTHAVS>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We report a fatal tumor hemorrhage in a 1-and-a-half-year old girl aft er ventriculoperitoneal shunting for obstructive hydrocephalus caused by a thalamic tumor. The possible pathophysiological mechanism is brie fly discussed and the literature is reviewed.