Unilateral amaurosis in a hydrocephalic child with an obstructed shunt. Case report.
A 7-year-old child with treated hydrocephalus became blind in the left eye as a consequence of malfunction of the ventriculoatrial shunt. This complication probably could have been avoided by elective revision of the shunt with growth.
Calogero
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Department of Surgery, Section on Neurosurgery, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103, USA.
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D020434:Abducens Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D001766:Blindness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002648:Child; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D011859:Radiography; D020127:Recovery of Function