title: Hydrocephalus and intraspinal tumor in childhood.
abstract: Hydrocephalus with spinal tumor is rare, and its cause is obscure. We report one patient with a thoracic astrocytoma who developed ventricular dilatation and intracranial hypertension. The pathophysiology is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gelabert
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bollar
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Paseiro
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Allut
mesh_terms: D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed