What is it about?
This report is about a deeply located intracranial unruptured AVM with acute obstructive hydrocephalus is a rare entity in an 11-year-old boy. He was admitted to the hospital with progressive headache, nausea and vomiting throughout a month. The patient deteriorated in hours and an emergency ventriculoperitoneal shunting was performed. He did well in the early postoperative period.
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Why is it important?
This article is important for showing that acute neurologic deterioration due to hydrocephalus may be life treating in patients. The decrease in intracranial pressure by changing the flow of CSF via an emergency VP shunting or ETV can be a lifesaving procedure that gives a chance for further treatment modalities.
Perspectives
I hope this report reminds the importance of fast and accurate planning for life-saving.
Professor Tayfun Hakan
University of Health Sciences, İstanbul
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This page is a summary of: Case Report of an Obstructive Hydrocephalus Caused by an Unruptured Mesencephalic Arteriovenous Malformation in a Boy and a Review of Literature, The Open Neuroimaging Journal, February 2018, Bentham Science Publishers,
DOI: 10.2174/1874440001812010010.
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