ACUTE HYDROCEPHALUS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF MUMPS MENINGOENCEPHALITIS

Aqueductal stenosis tan result from mumps meningoencephalitis. We repo rt a case of acute hydrocephalus from an aqueductal stenosis developed immediately after a clinically evident mumps infection. The patient, aged two years, was treated with an antiedema therapy, and a ventricul operitoneal shunt was placed, His clinical conditions rapidly improved . Only mumps virus was found in his cerebrospinal fluid culture, This case probably represents the earliest hydrocephalus from mumps, among those reported in the literature.