Hydromyelia associated with arrested hydrocephalus.
A 16-year-old male with a 9-year history of spontaneously arrested hydrocephalus was noted to have hydrosyringomyelia and increased intracranial pressure shortly after sustaining minor head trauma. His symptoms resolved completely following ventriculoperitoneal shunt replacement. Hydrosyringomyelia may occur in the setting of long-standing, apparently arrested hydrocephalus.
Olson
D M
DM
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle.
Milstein
J M
JM
D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000209:etiology*