title: Spontaneous third ventriculostomy in chronic obstructive hydrocephalus.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Spontaneous ventriculostomy is a rare condition, and only few cases are reported. Cine magnetic resonance imaging can demonstrate the flow from the ventriculostomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 25-year-old woman with a known tectal glioma and hydrocephalus was proved to have spontaneous third ventriculostomy.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziosmanpasa University, Tokat, Turkey. ersaymd@yahoo.com
authors: Fatih Ersay
authors: FE
authors: Deniz
authors: Kubilay
authors: K
authors: Ece
authors: Ozgür
authors: O
authors: Celik
authors: Nejat
authors: N
authors: Akalan
authors: Mehmet Murat
authors: MM
authors: Firat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D020542:Third Ventricle / Q000601:surgery*; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000379:methods*