[Spontaneous ventriculostomy developing in non-communicating hydrocephalus of unestablished etiology]

The authors report a case of exceptionally rarely occurring spontaneous ventriculostomy in the region of epiphyseal recess in a patient with increasing non-communicating hydrocephalus. This case is the fourth one diagnosed intravitally in a group of 22 cases published as yet. Positive ventriculography was the method establishing the diagnosis of this condition during life. Restoration of communication in intracranial cerebrospinal pathways with bypassing of the blockade by development of spontaneous ventriculostomy is regarded as a trial of self-treatment of the organism. The observations demonstrated that this bypassing in a group of 22 cases published as yet. Positive ventriculography was the method establishing the diagnosis of this condition during glife. Restoration of comis, in such cases, creation of ventriculo-atrial communication for reduction of intracranial pressure.