Hydrocephalus and pseudotumour cerebri in the mucopolysaccharidoses.
This paper reports two cases of cerebrospinal fluid circulation disorder in children with mucopolysaccharidosis. One patient developed pseudotumour cerebri and the other communicating hydrocephalus. It is suggested that both have a similar underlying abnormality of cerebrospinal fluid absorption with different modes of presentation.
Sheridan
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Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
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D000818:Animals; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D016532:Mucopolysaccharidosis II / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009087:Mucopolysaccharidosis VI / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt