title: Disappearing optociliary shunt vessels and neonatal hydrocephalus.
abstract: This is a report of two cases of optociliary shunt vessels in patients with neonatal hydrocephalus. Complete disappearance of the optociliary shunt vessels occurred after surgical procedures to normalize intracranial pressure. The clinicopathological significance, prognosis, and treatment of patients with acquired optociliary shunt vessels is discussed. This is also the first report of the association of optociliary shunt vessels and neonatal hydrocephalus.
authors.affiliation: Division of Ophthalmology, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Dowhan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Muci-Mendoza
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Aitken
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000098:blood supply*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012074:Remission Induction; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed