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Meningeal diverticula treated with ventriculoperitoneal shunt

✍ Scribed by John Willis; Joseph Nadell; Ann Henderson-Tilton

Publisher
Springer
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
440 KB
Volume
10
Category
Article
ISSN
0256-7040

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✦ Synopsis

An infant with Chiari malformation developed respiratory distress due to progressive intrathoracic enlargement of multiple spinal meningeal diverticulae. Ventriculoperitoneal shunting of the associated hydrocephalus temporarily halted the expansion of the intrathoracic diverticulae and permanently relieved respiratory symptoms. The role of hydrostatic pressure in the enlargement of meningoceles and other spinal meningeal diverticulae is discussed. Ventriculoperitoneal shunting is suggested as a surgical alternative for the treatment of symptomatic meningoceles.

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