Shunt dependency syndrome after cystoperitoneal shunting of arachnoid cysts
β Scribed by Li, Chunde; Yin, Luxin; Jiang, Tao; Ma, Zhenyu; Jia, Ge
- Book ID
- 121078736
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 346 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0256-7040
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Serious complications following installation of a cyst-peritoneal shunt in an 8-year-old boy with asymptomatic arachnoid cyst in the middle cranial fossa are reported. Highly elevated intracranial pressure without association of ventriculomegaly seen in this patient indicates slit ventricle syndrome
Overdrainage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a well-known complication of shunting procedures. Several clinical manifestations of excessive drainage of CSF have been documented, such as subdural hematoma, subdural effusions, slit ventricles, isolated IV ventricle, etc. To the authors' knowledge, thi