CAVUM-SEPTUM-PELLUCIDUM AND OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS

Authors
SILBERT PL GUBBAY SS VAUGHAN RJ
Citation
Pl. Silbert et al., CAVUM-SEPTUM-PELLUCIDUM AND OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 56(7), 1993, pp. 820-822
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Neurosciences,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223050
Volume
56
Issue
7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
820 - 822
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3050(1993)56:7<820:CAOH>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Five patients presented with symptoms related directly to pressure eff ects from their cavum septum pellucidum with persistent or intermitten t obstructive hydrocephalus. The most characteristic presenting sympto ms were intermittent postural headache and postural loss of consciousn ess. If cysts of the cavum septum pellucidum are symptomatic and stere otactic cyst puncture or fenestration are ineffective, ventriculoperit oneal shunting should be carried out before resorting to more radical excision of the cyst.