title: A hypothesis of traumatic subdural effusion associated with communicating hydrocephalus in infants and its management.
abstract: We report a case with both traumatic subdural effusion (TSE) and associated hydrocephalus. A collapse of the sinuses is known to be present in some infants with external hydrocephalus, but collapsed sinuses have not been previously described in patients with TSE and associated hydrocephalus. Therefore, a preoperative magnetic resonance imaging venography was performed, with thrombosis in the left transverse and sigmoid sinuses identified. The infant was treated with subdural peritoneostomy. We hypothesized that an occlusive cerebral venous sinus thrombosis may well be the culprit, or an exacerbating factor for TSE associated with hydrocephalus.
authors: From the *Department of Neurosurgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai; †Department of Neurosurgery, Longyan First Hospital, Fujian; and ‡Department of Neurosurgery, Pudong Hospital, Shanghai, China.
authors: Xi
authors: X
authors: Yang
authors: Lin
authors: L
authors: Shen
authors: Que Shuang
authors: QS
authors: Lin
authors: Ren
authors: R
authors: Li
authors: Nie
authors: N
authors: Quanmin
authors: Qiu
authors: Q
authors: Yongming
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology*; D007223:Infant; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000150:complications*; D013353:Subdural Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D054064:Transverse Sinuses / Q000473:pathology