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Documentation of fourth ventricle entrapment by metrizamide ventriculography with CT scanning

1981; American Association of Neurological Surgeons; Volume: 55; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3171/jns.1981.55.5.0838

1933-0693

Mauricio Collada, Joseph Kott, David G. Kline,

Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications

✓ Documentation by metrizamide ventriculography with computerized tomography (CT) of fourth ventricle entrapment is presented. Reevaluation of the cerebrospinal fluid pathways is suggested whenever fourth ventricle enlargment is seen on CT scans of patients with ventriculoperitoneal shunts for communicating hydrocephalus.