A FAMILIAL COINCIDENCE OF PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI AND COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS

被引:16
作者
JOHNSTON, I [1 ]
MORGAN, MK [1 ]
机构
[1] ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSP, DEPT NEUROSURG, CAMPERDOWN, NSW 2050, AUSTRALIA
关键词
COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ABSORPTION;
D O I
10.1227/00006123-199105000-00016
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
A family in which the mother and two of four daughters had a diagnosis of pseudotumor cerebri and one son developed communicating hydrocephalus is described. The other two daughters both have a long history of headaches but no signs of intracranial hypertension. The arguments is advanced that there exists a defect of cerebrospinal fluid absorption common to pseudotumor cerebri and communicating hydrocephalus.
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