Increased intracranial pressure associated with spinal cord astrocytoma: a case with CSF dynamic study

The case of an astrocytoma of the cervical cord associated with signs and symptoms of increased intracranial pressure in a 14-year-old girl is reported. Several possible etiological factors responsible for producing this syndrome are presented. The impairment of CSF absorption at the convexity proven by CSF dynamic study is the main factor for the increased intracranial pressure and the neoplastic inflammatory reaction appears to be the causative mechanism for poor CSF absorption in this patient.