HYDROCEPHALUS DUE TO BILATERAL OBSTRUCTION OF THE FORAMEN OF MONRO - A POSSIBLE LATE COMPLICATION OF MUMPS ENCEPHALITIS

Authors
LAHAT E ALADJEM M SCHIFFER J STARINSKY R
Citation
E. Lahat et al., HYDROCEPHALUS DUE TO BILATERAL OBSTRUCTION OF THE FORAMEN OF MONRO - A POSSIBLE LATE COMPLICATION OF MUMPS ENCEPHALITIS, Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 95(2), 1993, pp. 151-154
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Surgery
Journal title
Clinical neurology and neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
03038467
Volume
95
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
151 - 154
Database
ISI
SICI code
0303-8467(1993)95:2<151:HDTBOO>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Hydrocephalus due to bilateral obstruction of the foramen of Munro in a 9-year-old girl was diagnosed 4 years after mumps meningoencephaliti s, and is presented in this case report suggesting a possible associat ion with late complication of mumps virus, providing further circumsta ntial evidence of the role mumps virus may play in the pathogenesis of hydrocephalus.