Hydrocephalus and pseudotumour cerebri in the mucopolysaccharidoses
โ Scribed by Mark Sheridan; Ian Johnston
- Book ID
- 104713134
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 320 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0256-7040
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โฆ Synopsis
This paper reports two cases of cerebrospinal fluid circulation disorder in children with mucopolysaccharidosis. One patient developed pseudotumour cerebri and the other communicating hydrocephalus. It is suggested that both have a similar underlying abnormality of cerebrospinal fluid absorption with different modes of presentation.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Cerebral edema is a common clinical disorder that results from an abnormal increase in water content within the extracellular (EC) compartment of the brain. It is distinguished from two other types of brain bulk enlargement: (1) vascular swelling, caused by arterial dilatation or venous obstruction;