Spontaneous third ventriculostomy in chronic obstructive hydrocephalus.
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.
Deniz
Fatih Ersay
FE
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziosmanpasa University, Tokat, Turkey. ersaymd@yahoo.com
Ece
Kubilay
K
Celik
Ozgür
O
Akalan
Nejat
N
Firat
Mehmet Murat
MM
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*