Contralateral ventricular dilatation in supratentorial tumors.
The computerized tomographic (CT) scans of 411 patients with supratentorial lateralized tumors were compared with an assessment of their clinical condition. More than one-third of these patients showed dilatation of the contralateral lateral ventricle, which was associated with a lower level of consciousness.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D002648:Child; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed