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Syringomyelia Regression after Shunting of a Trapped Fourth Ventricle
We describe a case of progressive syringomyelia following post-infectious trapped fourth ventricle (TFV), which resolved after shunting of the fourth ventricle. A 28-year-old female who had previously undergone treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage and meningitis developed a hydrocephalus with TFV....
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2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981231/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24765489 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2013.e1 |
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author | Morina, Dukagjin Petridis, Athanasios K. Fritzsche, Friederike S. Ntoulias, Georgios Scholz, Martin |
author_facet | Morina, Dukagjin Petridis, Athanasios K. Fritzsche, Friederike S. Ntoulias, Georgios Scholz, Martin |
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description | We describe a case of progressive syringomyelia following post-infectious trapped fourth ventricle (TFV), which resolved after shunting of the fourth ventricle. A 28-year-old female who had previously undergone treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage and meningitis developed a hydrocephalus with TFV. After 3 years she developed disturbance of walking and coordination. Cranial-CT revealed an enlargement of the shunted fourth ventricle as a result of shunt dysfunction. Furthermore a cervical syringomyelia developed. The patient underwent a revision of a failed fourth ventriculo-peritoneal shunt. Postoperatively, syringomyelia resolved within 6 months and the associated neurological deficits improved significantly. An insufficiency of cerebrospinal fluid draining among patients with TFV can be associated with communicating syringomyelia. An early detection and treatment seems important on resolving syringomyelia and avoiding permanent neurological deficits. Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt in trapped fourth ventricles can resolve a secondary syringomyelia. |
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spelling | pubmed-39812312014-04-24 Syringomyelia Regression after Shunting of a Trapped Fourth Ventricle Morina, Dukagjin Petridis, Athanasios K. Fritzsche, Friederike S. Ntoulias, Georgios Scholz, Martin Clin Pract Case Report We describe a case of progressive syringomyelia following post-infectious trapped fourth ventricle (TFV), which resolved after shunting of the fourth ventricle. A 28-year-old female who had previously undergone treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage and meningitis developed a hydrocephalus with TFV. After 3 years she developed disturbance of walking and coordination. Cranial-CT revealed an enlargement of the shunted fourth ventricle as a result of shunt dysfunction. Furthermore a cervical syringomyelia developed. The patient underwent a revision of a failed fourth ventriculo-peritoneal shunt. Postoperatively, syringomyelia resolved within 6 months and the associated neurological deficits improved significantly. An insufficiency of cerebrospinal fluid draining among patients with TFV can be associated with communicating syringomyelia. An early detection and treatment seems important on resolving syringomyelia and avoiding permanent neurological deficits. Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt in trapped fourth ventricles can resolve a secondary syringomyelia. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2013-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3981231/ /pubmed/24765489 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2013.e1 Text en ©Copyright D. Morina et al., http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Morina, Dukagjin Petridis, Athanasios K. Fritzsche, Friederike S. Ntoulias, Georgios Scholz, Martin Syringomyelia Regression after Shunting of a Trapped Fourth Ventricle |
title | Syringomyelia Regression after Shunting of a Trapped Fourth Ventricle |
title_full | Syringomyelia Regression after Shunting of a Trapped Fourth Ventricle |
title_fullStr | Syringomyelia Regression after Shunting of a Trapped Fourth Ventricle |
title_full_unstemmed | Syringomyelia Regression after Shunting of a Trapped Fourth Ventricle |
title_short | Syringomyelia Regression after Shunting of a Trapped Fourth Ventricle |
title_sort | syringomyelia regression after shunting of a trapped fourth ventricle |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981231/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24765489 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2013.e1 |
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