title: Atypical presentation of delayed communicating hydrocephalus after supratentorial glioma resection with opening of the ventricles.
abstract: We report four cases of communicating hydrocephalus, requiring shunt placement, in the subset of patients whose ventricles were breached at the time of glioma resection (a total 97 cases over 3 years). The hydrocephalus in these cases presented without ventricular dilatation on computed tomography (CT) scanning, and in 3 cases without headache. Failure to progress, visual deterioration or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak in the post-operative patient after tumour resection with ventricular opening should alert clinicians to the possibility of hydrocephalus, despite the absence of headache or ventriculomegaly, and lumbar puncture should be performed without delay.
authors.affiliation: Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust , Tremona Road, Southampton. hb@cantab.net
authors.forename: Harry J C J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Bulstrode
authors.forename: Ammar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Natalwala
authors.forename: Paul L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Grundy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000601:surgery*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000601:surgery*; D005910:Glioma / Q000601:surgery*; D020773:Headache Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000379:methods; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D055815:Young Adult