Endoscopic third ventriculostomy for hydrocephalus in a patient with Klippel-Feil syndrome: a case report

Clin Case Rep. 2017 Jul 6;5(8):1344-1347. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1063. eCollection 2017 Aug.

Abstract

A patient with Klippel-Feil syndrome presented with hydrocephalus secondary to intraventricular hemorrhage. Fusion of the cervical vertebrae may have impeded cerebrospinal fluid flow. Change in the properties of cerebrospinal fluid flow after hemorrhage may have induced noncommunicating hydrocephalus. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy was effective for the treatment of hydrocephalus associated with Klippel-Feil syndrome.

Keywords: Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Klippel–Feil syndrome; hydrocephalus.

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