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Proposed classification of hydrocephalus |
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| Site of Obstruction |
Pathology |
Treatment |
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| None |
Choroid plexus papilloma |
Removal |
| Foramen of Monro |
Tumor, congenital anomaly, postshunt ventricular asymmetry |
Tumor removal, septum pellucidotomy, ventricle shunt |
| Aqueduct of Sylvius |
Congenital lesion, tumor secondary to extraventricular obstruction |
ETV, ventricular shunting |
| Outlets of fourth ventricle |
Chronic meningitis, Chiari II malformation |
ETV, ventricular shunting |
| Basal cisterns |
Meningitis, post subarachnoid hemorrhage |
ETV, ventricle shunt, spinal thecal shunt |
| Arachnoid granulations |
Hemorrhage or infection in infancy |
Ventricle or thecal shunt |
| Venous outflow |
Skull base anomalies, congenital heart disease |
Ventricle or thecal shunt, treatment of vascular anomaly if possible |
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ETV: endoscopic third ventriculostomy | ||
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