Progressive myelopathy due to meningeal thickening in shunted patients: description of a novel entity and the role of surgery.
Choi
Joong-Uhn
JU
Department of Neurosurgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Sudaemoon-ku, Seoul 120-752, South Korea. juchoi@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
D002494:Central Nervous System Infections / Q000150:complications; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008578:Meninges / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000150:complications