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Obstructive hydrocephalus secondary to an ectatic basilar artery.

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.
AuthorsR A Rozario, H L Levine, R M Scott
JournalSurgical neurology (Surg Neurol) Vol. 9 Issue 1 Pg. 31-4 (Jan 1978) ISSN: 0090-3019 [Print] United States
PMID304607 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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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