Non-communicating hydrocephalus caused by dural arteriovenous malformation.
The case of a female infant with a non-communicating hydrocephalus caused by an enormously dilated straight sinus and the dilated posterior one third of the sagittal sinus is presented. These sinuses drained a torcular dural arteriovenous malformation. Conray ventriculography revealed a complete obstruction of the junction of the aqueduct and fourth ventricle with cephaloventral displacement of the ventricular system by the dilated sinuses. Placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt was followed by artificial embolization, by selective catheterization, into the dural feeding arteries.
D001158:Arteries; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications*