title: Ipsilateral progressive hydrocephalus due to acquired foramen of Monro obstruction: an unusual complication of brain abscess in cyanotic heart disease. A case report.
abstract: An unusual complication of brain abscess in cyanotic heart disease is presented. This patient, who was suffering from recurring brain abscesses at different sites was diagnosed on regular follow-up, and a metrizamide computed tomographic ventriculogram confirmed the diagnosis of foramen of Monro obstruction ipsilateral to the abscess.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Neurosurgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002648:Child; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed