Spontaneous recovery of an aqueductal stenosis

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1998 Sep;100(3):231-3. doi: 10.1016/s0303-8467(98)00043-2.

Abstract

The case of a 17-year-old male with hydrocephalus caused by aqueductal obstruction is presented. A ventriculo-peritoneal shunt was implanted and later removed due to an infection. In the clinical follow-up no deterioration was observed. No further surgery was necessary. The repeat-MRI showed spontaneous resolution of the hydrocephalus with a normal aqueduct.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cerebral Aqueduct* / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Aqueduct* / pathology
  • Constriction, Pathologic / diagnosis
  • Constriction, Pathologic / surgery
  • Corynebacterium Infections / etiology
  • Headache / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / complications
  • Hydrocephalus / diagnosis*
  • Hydrocephalus / surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Peritonitis / etiology
  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / adverse effects