title: Facial pain associated with hydrocephalus by aqueduct stenosis. Complete recovery after ventriculo-atrial shunt. Case report.
abstract: The Authors describe the case of a patient with facial pain associated with hydrocephalus which had a complete recovery after the placement of a ventriculo-atrial shunt. The possible pathological basis of this symptom are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D002535:Cerebral Aqueduct; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation