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LATE PRESENTATION OF STRICTURE OF THE AQUEDUCT OF SYLVIUS
Author(s) -
LEWIS ELIZABETH
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1972.tb01839.x
Subject(s) - aqueduct , medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , raised intracranial pressure , intracranial pressure , radiological weapon , surgery , archaeology , history
SYNOPSIS 8 children with insidious onset of manifestations of stricture of the Aqueduct of Sylvius in later childhood are reported. These children present with raised intracranial pressure, without lateralising signs, thus mimicking tumours, and the radiological features are those of raised intracranial pressure. Stricture of the Aqueduct is one of the commoner causes of this “midline syndrome”, and compared with the other causes, its treatment is simple and the prognosis good.