Diverticulation of the cerebral ventricles: a cause of progressive focal encephalopathy.
Diverticulation of the lateral ventricles of the brain has received little attention in the literature on hydrocephalus. From clinical observations on one child and one adult with diverticulation, it is apparent that force of CSF within the diverticulum is greater than that against the normal parts of the ventricular wall. In both cases, regression of focal symptoms occurred after insertion of a shunt.
D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000209:etiology*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006850:Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged