Spontaneous Ventriculostomy.
- Author:
Byung Kyu CHO
1
;
Jung Shick KIM
;
Bo Sung SIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Autopsy;
Humans;
Hydrocephalus;
Infratentorial Neoplasms;
Rupture, Spontaneous;
Subarachnoid Space;
Ventriculostomy*
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1978;7(1):99-104
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Spontaneous ventriculostomy occurs with the spontaneous rupture of a ventricle resulting in a communication between ventricular system and subarachnoid space. It is usually the result of obstructive hydrocephalus but has been documented only rarely. Van Stackum verified the first case of spontaneous ventriculostomy at autopsy in 1910. Radiological demonstration of spontaneous ventriculostomy was reported by Leslie for the first time in 1964 and only 6 cases has been reported until now. We recently have experienced a case of spontaneous ventriculostomy beautifully demonstrated by conray ventriculography in a patient of posterior fossa tumor. We report our case with the brief review of the articles.
