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[Periventricular brain edema in hydrocephalus]
K Mandat1, B Wieczorkiewicz, J Sypniewski
1Katedry i Kliniki Chirurgii Dzieciecej w Chorzowie Sl. Ak. Med. Katowicach.
Wiadomosci Lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960)
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
The authors present the pathophysiology of the zone of lowered density in periventricular white substance of the brain in computer tomography of the head in patients with hydrocephalus. The importance is discussed of that pathology for establishing of indications for surgical control of the shunt. Regression or decrease of that zone after operation is an index of efficacy of the shunt.