1. Rapid neurological deterioration associated with minor head trauma in chronic hydrocephalus.
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Dickerman RD, McConathy WJ, Lustrin E, and Schneider SJ
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- Child, Chronic Disease, Glioma complications, Glioma surgery, Head Injuries, Closed diagnostic imaging, Headache etiology, Humans, Hydrocephalus diagnostic imaging, Hydrocephalus surgery, Infratentorial Neoplasms complications, Infratentorial Neoplasms surgery, Intracranial Hypertension diagnostic imaging, Intracranial Hypertension etiology, Male, Neurologic Examination, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Treatment Outcome, Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt, Ventriculostomy, Vomiting etiology, Head Injuries, Closed complications, Hydrocephalus complications, Intracranial Hypertension surgery
- Abstract
Case Report: An 8-year-old developmentally normal boy (status: post third ventriculostomy and resection of posterior fossa low-grade glioma 4 years earlier and with known history of ventriculomegaly/arrested hydrocephalus) presented to the emergency room with vomiting and lethargy after a minor head trauma. Computed tomography scan of the head revealed no acute changes since previous studies. However, the patient's neurological status rapidly declined in the emergency room, where an emergency ventriculostomy demonstrated increased intracranial pressure. The patient's clinical condition improved over 24 h: he underwent placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt without complications and was discharged intact., Discussion: The pathogenesis of rapid neurological decline associated with minor head trauma in chronic hydrocephalus is reviewed.
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- 2003
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