Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia Induced Hydrocephalus: the Water-Hammer Effect

Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia is a clinical entity associated rarely with obstructive hydrocephalus. We present a 48-year old male with a profound dilatation of the ventricular system due to a dolichoectatic basilar artery, as appeared in imaging studies. The patient suffered from longstanding hydr...

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Autores principales: Zisimopoulou, Vaso, Ntouniadaki, Aikaterini, Aggelidakis, Panagiotis, Siatouni, Anna, Gatzonis, Stylianos, Tavernarakis, Antonios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4500878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26236456
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2015.749
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author Zisimopoulou, Vaso
Ntouniadaki, Aikaterini
Aggelidakis, Panagiotis
Siatouni, Anna
Gatzonis, Stylianos
Tavernarakis, Antonios
author_facet Zisimopoulou, Vaso
Ntouniadaki, Aikaterini
Aggelidakis, Panagiotis
Siatouni, Anna
Gatzonis, Stylianos
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description Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia is a clinical entity associated rarely with obstructive hydrocephalus. We present a 48-year old male with a profound dilatation of the ventricular system due to a dolichoectatic basilar artery, as appeared in imaging studies. The patient suffered from longstanding hydrocephalus and presenile dementia. The underlying mechanism for obstructive hydrocephalus due to vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia is considered to be both a water-hammer effect and a direct compression of adjacent structures. We suggest prompt surgical intervention upon diagnosis as a first choice treatment in order to avoid further complications.
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spelling pubmed-45008782015-07-31 Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia Induced Hydrocephalus: the Water-Hammer Effect Zisimopoulou, Vaso Ntouniadaki, Aikaterini Aggelidakis, Panagiotis Siatouni, Anna Gatzonis, Stylianos Tavernarakis, Antonios Clin Pract Case Report Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia is a clinical entity associated rarely with obstructive hydrocephalus. We present a 48-year old male with a profound dilatation of the ventricular system due to a dolichoectatic basilar artery, as appeared in imaging studies. The patient suffered from longstanding hydrocephalus and presenile dementia. The underlying mechanism for obstructive hydrocephalus due to vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia is considered to be both a water-hammer effect and a direct compression of adjacent structures. We suggest prompt surgical intervention upon diagnosis as a first choice treatment in order to avoid further complications. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2015-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4500878/ /pubmed/26236456 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2015.749 Text en ©Copyright V. Zisimopoulou 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.
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Siatouni, Anna
Gatzonis, Stylianos
Tavernarakis, Antonios
Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia Induced Hydrocephalus: the Water-Hammer Effect
title Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia Induced Hydrocephalus: the Water-Hammer Effect
title_full Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia Induced Hydrocephalus: the Water-Hammer Effect
title_fullStr Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia Induced Hydrocephalus: the Water-Hammer Effect
title_full_unstemmed Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia Induced Hydrocephalus: the Water-Hammer Effect
title_short Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia Induced Hydrocephalus: the Water-Hammer Effect
title_sort vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia induced hydrocephalus: the water-hammer effect
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4500878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26236456
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2015.749
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