Diverticular enlargement of the foramina of Luschka and congenital hydrocephalus

Takanori Inamura; Takato Morioka; Shunji Nishio; Kiyonobu Ikezaki; Hiroki Nonaka; Takashi Yoshiura

doi:10.1007/s00381-002-0639-3

Diverticular enlargement of the foramina of Luschka and congenital hydrocephalus

Childs Nerv Syst. 2002 Nov;18(11):652-5. doi: 10.1007/s00381-002-0639-3. Epub 2002 Sep 4.

Authors

Takanori Inamura¹, Takato Morioka, Shunji Nishio, Kiyonobu Ikezaki, Hiroki Nonaka, Takashi Yoshiura

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.

PMID: 12420129
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0639-3

Abstract

Case report: We report on a 9-month-old boy with congenital hydrocephalus involving cystic lesions in the bilateral cerebellopontine angle cisterns. Sequential CT cisternography demonstrated congenital obstruction of the fourth ventricular outlet and diverticular enlargement of the foramina of Luschka.

Discussion: The possibility of neuroendoscopic third ventriculostomy as a treatment for these pathologies is discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain Diseases / congenital*
Brain Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Brain Diseases / surgery
Cerebral Ventriculography
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
Diverticulum*
Drainage / methods
Endoscopy / methods
Fourth Ventricle / abnormalities*
Fourth Ventricle / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Hydrocephalus / diagnostic imaging*
Hydrocephalus / surgery
Infant
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Third Ventricle / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Ventriculostomy