title: [The bobble head doll syndrome].
abstract: A 4,1 year old girl with bobble head doll syndrome is described. The child showed the typical 2-3 per second anterior-posterior movements of the head. The girl had a retarded motor development and retarded growth. On CT scan we found a cyst within the third ventricle and a hydrocephalus of the lateral ventricles. To reduce the hydrocephalus we implanted a ventricular-cardial low pressure shunt system. Repeated emptying of the cyst via an Ommaya reservoir had no long-term effect. Implantation of a cysto-peritoneal shunt-system led to a reduction of the cyst (determined by CT scan) and an improvement of the symptoms.
mesh_terms: D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010537:Peritoneum; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Das Bobble head doll Syndrom.