title: [The slit ventricle syndrome--causes, differential diagnosis and therapeutic problems].
abstract: Shunt dependent patients with clinical signs of shunt malfunction and slit ventricles on computerized tomography could suffer either from low pressure or from a slit-ventricle-syndrome with increased pressure. In such cases we recommend a lumbal punction with pressure monitoring to make the diagnosis certain. In case of increased pressure we firstly inject 0.9% NaCl into the proximal part of the ventricular catheter to remove it's obturation. Sometimes shunt revision can so be avoided in the slit-ventricle-syndrome.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Das Slit-Ventricle Syndrom--Ursachen, Differentialdiagnostik und therapeutische Probleme.