EXTERNAL HYDROCEPHALUS - A REPORT OF 16 CASES FROM OMAN

Authors
ROSHAN K ELIZABETH C CHACKO A RAJENDRA J GURURAJ A DILIP S
Citation
K. Roshan et al., EXTERNAL HYDROCEPHALUS - A REPORT OF 16 CASES FROM OMAN, Journal of tropical pediatrics, 44(3), 1998, pp. 153-156
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine",Pediatrics
Journal title
Journal of tropical pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
01426338
Volume
44
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
153 - 156
Database
ISI
SICI code
0142-6338(1998)44:3<153:EH-ARO>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Sixteen cases of external hydrocephalus (EH) were seen from January 19 93 to June 1995. There were 13 (81.3 per cent) male and three female c hildren. Fourteen (87.5 per cent) were under 12 months of age. Three s iblings with EH were seen in one family. All but three of the 16 recov ered over time without medical or surgical intervention. These three n eeded cerebral decongestants in the acute phase.