Abstract |
A 57 year-old white hypertensive male presented with a five-month history of progressive dementia and a clinical picture suggestive of normal pressure hydrocephalus. A CT scan and vertebral angiogram demonstrated an ectatic basilar artery obstructing the posterior third ventricle; the resulting hydrocephalus was relieved by a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt and the patient's symptoms resolved completely.
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Authors | R A Rozario, H L Levine, R M Scott |
Journal | Surgical neurology
(Surg Neurol)
Vol. 9
Issue 1
Pg. 31-4
(Jan 1978)
ISSN: 0090-3019 [Print] United States |
PMID | 304607
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Basilar Artery
(diagnostic imaging)
- Calcinosis
(diagnostic imaging)
- Cerebral Angiography
- Cerebral Ventriculography
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
- Dilatation, Pathologic
(complications, diagnostic imaging)
- Humans
- Hydrocephalus
(diagnostic imaging, etiology, surgery)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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