title: Cerebral edema associated with ventricular reservoirs in two patients: a case report.
abstract: Placement of ventricular reservoirs is a common practice to treat various tumors of the central nervous system (CNS). Ventricular catheter-reservoir-associated edema has been noted in the literature, but a thorough review of this literature identified no articles that examine this particular complication in neurooncology patients, specifically. We report two cases of ventricular catheter-reservoir-associated edema in patients receiving treatment for CNS metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65212, USA.
authors.forename: Marshall C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Cress
authors.forename: Angela N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Spurgeon
authors.forename: Douglas C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: N Scott
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Litofsky