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Journal of Pediatric Neuroradiology 2012; 01(01): 065-068
DOI: 10.3233/PNR-2012-011
DOI: 10.3233/PNR-2012-011
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy: An efficient treatment of hydromyelia
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21 September 2010
05 December 2010
Publication Date:
28 July 2015 (online)
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Abstract
In a patient with myelomeningocele (MMC) and hydrocephalus, hydromyelia can be treated with endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV). A child with lumbar MMC, Chiari malformation type II and hydrocephalus was initially treated with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. Hydromyelia involving the entire spinal cord was present. At the age of five years, shunt dysfunction was treated with an ETV and the ventriculoperitoneal shunt was removed. After ETV, the hydromyelia regressed in the following year. In patients with MMC, ETV seems to be a possible treatment for both hydrocephalus and hydromyelia.