title: [Computed tomography changes in children with shunted hydrocephalus and intermittent cranial pressure crises].
abstract: Seven children with drained hydrocephalus are described who showed increasingly severe and frequent episodes of intermittently raised intracranial pressure. CT examinations during symptom-free intervals, or after conservative treatment, showed collapsed slit-like ventricles. Examination during attacks of raised pressure showed relative dilatation of the ventricles as compared with earlier examinations. Children with ventricular shunts of long duration may develop a shunt-dependent syndrome; CT may show normal or narrow ventricles and this does not exclude the possibility of a rise of intracranial pressure. These findings may help in making the diagnosis by means of CT without any further invasive procedures.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Klinische Radiologie, Kinderklinik der Westfälischen, Wilhelms-Universität Münster.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Korinthenberg
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Erlemann
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: von Lengerke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Computertomographische Veränderungen bei Kindern mit drainiertem Hydrozephalus und intermittierenden Hirndruckkrisen.