Annual Review of Hydrocephalus: Volume 6 1988

Front Matter....Pages N1-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Neural Tube Defects: Some remarks on the possible role of glycosaminoglycans in the genesis of the dysraphic state, the anomaly in the configuration of the posterior cranial fossa and hydrocephalus....Pages 3-3
A Laboratory Model of Shunt-dependent Hydrocephalus: Development and biomechanical characterization....Pages 4-4
Changes in Cerebral Microvasculature in Congenital Hydrocephalus of the Inbred Rat LEW/Jms: Light and electron microscopic examination....Pages 5-6
Pathological Studies on the Brain of Congenital Hydrocephalic Rats....Pages 7-8
Experimental Chronic Subdural Hematoma in Mice: Gross morphology and light microscopic observations....Pages 8-9
Influence of the Rate of Ventricular Enlargement on the White Matter Water Content in Progressive Feline Hydrocephalus....Pages 9-10
Cerebral Water Content in Silicone Oil-induced Hydrocephalic Rabbits....Pages 10-11
Chronic Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in Conscious Hydrocephalic Rabbits....Pages 11-12
Histochemical Study of Acetylcholinesterase Activity in the Hippocampus of Rats with Kaolin-induced Hydrocephalus: A preliminary report....Pages 12-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
CSF Hydrodynamics after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage....Pages 17-18
Quantitative Evaluations of Disturbances in Cerebrospinal Fluid Circulation with Indium-111 Cisternography: A clinical study....Pages 18-19
Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus....Pages 20-21
Effects of Hyperoxia, Glycerol and Ventricular Drainage on ICP and CBF in Patients with Increased ICP Due to Hydrocephalus....Pages 21-22
Postsurgical Disappearance of Dementia without Increased Cerebral Blood Flow in Hydrocephalic Patients....Pages 22-23
Progressive Ventricular Enlargement in Cats in the Absence of Transmantle Pressure Gradients....Pages 24-24
Resistance to Cerebrospinal Fluid Outflow and Intracranial Pressure in Patients with Hydrocephalus after Subarachnoid Haemorrhage....Pages 24-25
Intracranial Pressure Estimation by Palpation of the Anterior Fontanelle....Pages 25-26
Absence of Hydrocephalus in Spite of Impaired Cerebrospinal Fluid Absorption and Severe Intracranial Hypertension....Pages 27-27
Biomechanics of Hydrocephalus: A new theoretical model....Pages 28-29
The X-linked Syndrome of Hydrocephalus and Mental Retardation....Pages 29-30
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
A Male Infant with Holoprosencephaly, Associated with Ring Chromosome 21....Pages 31-31
Congenital Fourth Ventricular Midline Outlet Obstruction: Report of two cases....Pages 32-33
Pathophysiological and Clinical Features of “Destruction Hydrocephalus”....Pages 34-34
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Head Circumference Graphs: Revision based on the report of the Japanese Ministry of Public Welfare in 1980....Pages 37-37
Macewen’s Sign: “The cracked pot sound”....Pages 38-39
Hydrolethalus Syndrome: Report of an apparent mild case, literature review, and differential diagnosis....Pages 40-41
Three Adult Siblings of Gaucher’s Disease with Corneal Opacities, Deafness, Valvular Heart Disease, Deformed Toes, Communicating Hydrocephalus and Leptomeningeal Thickening....Pages 41-42
Intracranial Hypo and Hypertension as a Cause of Blindness in a Hydrocephalic Child....Pages 43-43
Myelopathy Secondary to Congenital Osteopetrosis of the Cervical Spine....Pages 44-44
Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid Otorrhea in Association with an Aqueductal Stenosis....Pages 45-45
Sudden Death in Hydrocephalic Spina Bifida Aperta Patients....Pages 46-47
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Cranial Base Morphology in Untreated Hydrocephalics....Pages 51-51
CT Ventriculography to Control the Passage of Cerebrospinal Fluid....Pages 52-53
Observation of the CSF Pulsatile Flow on MRI (1): ECG-triggered MRI and CSF pulsatile flow....Pages 53-54
Observation of CSF Pulsatile Flow in MRI: The signal void phenomenon....Pages 54-56
A Nonplanimetric Technique for Measuring Fluid Volumes Using MR Imaging: Phantom results....Pages 56-57
Magnetic Resonance Relaxation Times of Cerebrospinal Fluid....Pages 57-58
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Cerebral Aqueduct....Pages 58-59
MR Evaluation of Hydrocephalus....Pages 60-60
Magnetic Resonance Imagings of Alobar and Semilobar Holopresencephaly....Pages 61-61
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Changes in the Lateral Ventricle with the Head Position: Ultrasonographic observations....Pages 62-63
Intrauterine Hydrocephalus: A report of 4 cases diagnosed by ultrasound....Pages 63-64
Fetal Subdural Hematoma: Diagnosis in utero....Pages 64-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
A New Approach in the Treatment of Hydrocephalus....Pages 69-69
Selection of Shunt Systems and Improvement of Techniques on Shunt Operations of Hydrocephalic Children....Pages 70-71
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunting for Hydrocephalus: A retrospective analysis....Pages 71-72
Ventriculojugular Shunt against the Direction of Blood Flow, III: Operative technique and results....Pages 73-73
Ventricular-gallbladder Shunts: An alternative procedure in hydrocephalus....Pages 74-75
Lumboperitoneal Shunt for the Treatment of Hydrocephalus in Premature Infants....Pages 75-76
A New Disposable Draping Set and Draping Technique for Ventriculo-peritoneal Shunt....Pages 76-77
Shunt in High-risk Newborns....Pages 77-78
Danish Experience with the One-piece Shunt: A long-term follow-up....Pages 79-79
Calcium Deposits on CSF Shunts: Clinical observations and ultrastructural analysis....Pages 80-80
Malfunction of V-P Shunt System Equipped with Antisiphon Device in Normal-pressure Hydrocephalus....Pages 80-81
Valvography in the Assessment of Hydrocephalus Shunt Function in Children....Pages 82-82
Dynamic Changes of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Flow in Patient’s Daily Life....Pages 83-84
Causal Factors of Shunt Revision in Nontumoral Hydrocephalus....Pages 84-85
A Case of Reversible Porencephalic Cyst during Malfunction of VP Shunt....Pages 86-87
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Infections in Children....Pages 87-88
Bacterial Adhesion to Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts....Pages 88-89
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Obstructive Hydrocephalus Treated by Ventriculocystocorticostoma....Pages 90-90
Intraventricular Vancomycin in the Treatment of Ventriculitis Associated with Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunting and Drainage....Pages 91-92
Intragastric Migration of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Catheter....Pages 92-93
Intrahepatic Migration of a Peritoneal Shunt Catheter: Case report....Pages 93-94
Peroral Extrusion of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Catheter....Pages 95-95
Extrusion of Peritoneal Catheter through the Anus....Pages 95-96
Liver Abscess Secondary to Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt....Pages 97-98
Audible Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow through a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: Report of two cases....Pages 98-98
Infantile Hydrocephalus and the Slit Ventricle Syndrome in Early Infancy....Pages 98-100
Slit-ventricle Syndrome Presenting Spells of Respiratory Distress and Consciousness Disturbance, Associated with Significant Elevation of Intracranial Pressure....Pages 101-102
Slit-ventricle Syndrome: Review of 15 cases....Pages 102-103
Pericerebral Collections after Shunting....Pages 104-104
Acute Subdural Hematoma of Arterial Origin in a Patient with a Lumboperitoneal Shunt....Pages 105-106
Anti-siphon Device in Hydrocephalus for Preventing Post-shunt Subdural Hematoma....Pages 106-107
The Isolated Lateral Ventricle....Pages 107-107
Trapped Fourth Ventricle in an Adult: Radiographic findings and surgical treatment....Pages 108-109
Communicating Fourth Ventricular Hydrocephalus: Case report....Pages 109-110
The “Keyhole”: A sign of herniation of a trapped fourth ventricle and other posterior fossa cysts....Pages 110-111
Isolated Fourth Ventricle: Report of an adult case with an unusual clinical course....Pages 112-113
Treatment of Intrauterine Hydrocephalus....Pages 113-114
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Cytogenetic Evaluation of Fetal Death: The role of amniocentesis....Pages 114-114
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Overt Hydrocephalus at Birth: Origin and outcome....Pages 117-118
Factors Affecting Intellectual Outcome in Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients....Pages 118-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
The Significance of Ventriculomegaly in the Newborn with Myelodysplasia....Pages 121-122
Early Repair of Myelomeningocele and Simultaneous Insertion of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: Technique and results....Pages 122-122
One-stage Meningomyelocele Closure and Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement....Pages 123-123
Syringomyelia in Childhood....Pages 124-124
Management of Chiari II Complications in Infants with Myelomeningocele....Pages 125-125
Adult Manifestation of the Dandy-Walker Syndrome....Pages 126-127
Retroflexed Holoprosencephaly: X-ray CT findings and MRI findings....Pages 128-129
A Case of Holoprosencephaly Accompanied with Dysgenesis of the Cerebellum....Pages 129-129
Hydrocephalus Due to Membranous Obstruction of Magendie’s Foramen....Pages 130-131
Shunt Dependent CSF Absorption after Cyst-peritoneal Shunt in Patients with Arachnoid Cyst....Pages 132-133
Craniometaphyseal Dysplasia Associated with Hydrocephalus: Case report....Pages 133-134
Hemiventriculomegaly and Hemicranial Expansion in Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome: A new pathophysiological concept of progressive unilateral hydrocephalus....Pages 134-135
The Interventricular Extension of Choroid Plexus Papillomas....Pages 135-136
Choroid Plexus Papilloma Found 6 Years after Initial V-P Shunt Treatment for Hydrocephalus....Pages 136-137
Periaqueductal Tumor as a Cause of Late-onset Aqueductal Stenosis....Pages 138-138
Astrocytoma of the Cerebral Aqueduct: Case report....Pages 139-139
Intraspinal Tumors Associated with Hydrocephalus....Pages 140-140
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Acute Hydrocephalus after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage....Pages 141-141
Hydrocephalus after Spontaneous Subarachnoidal Haemorrhage....Pages 142-143
Spontaneous Intracerebellar Hematoma during Childhood....Pages 143-144
Craniosynostosis and Hydrocephalus....Pages 144-144
Hydrocephalus Secondary to Cysticercotic Arachnoiditis....Pages 145-145
Primary Phycomycosis of the Brain in Heroin Addicts....Pages 146-147
Post-traumatic Hydrocephalus in Children: Pathophysiology and classification....Pages 147-148
Hydrocephalus Caused by Chronic Encapsulated Hematoma in the Lateral Ventricle: Case report on a newborn infant....Pages 149-150
Traumatic Intraventricular Haemorrhage....Pages 150-151
Clinical Consideration of Extreme Craniocerebral Disproportion Due to Severe Subdural Fluid Collection in Childhood....Pages 151-152
Infantile Subdural Effusion: A phenomenon of “regional destruction of major CSF pathways—Pathophysiological studies with quantitative relativity analysis of CSF dynamics and dynamic analysis of intracranical pressure gradients—....Pages 153-155
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Associated with Spinal Cord Tumor....Pages 155-156
A Case of Relapsing Polychondritis with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus....Pages 156-157
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in Children and Young Adults....Pages 157-158
Back Matter....Pages 159-171