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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2019; 14(02): 538-540
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_136_18
Case Report

Hydrocephalus after deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease

Edvin Zekaj
Department of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan
,
Christian Saleh
Department of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan
,
Domenico Servello
Department of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan
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A fearsome complication of deep brain stimulation (DBS) constitutes intracranial hemorrhage. Incidence rates vary between 0.5% and 5%, with 1.1% of cases resulting in permanent deficit or death. Intracranial hemorrhage can present asymptomatically or result in fatal outcome. A rare complication in this setting is acute hydrocephalus due to obstruction of the cerebrospinal fluid flow. This complication might have catastrophic consequences resulting in death in a few hours if not an external ventricular drainage promptly is placed. We report a patient with acute hydrocephalus due to intraventricular hemorrhage after the DBS procedure. Patients should be warned of this complication when informed consent is obtained.

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Complications - deep brain stimulation - hemorrhage - hydrocephalus - Parkinson's disease

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09 September 2022

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