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Idiopathic fourth ventricle outlet obstruction successfully treated by endoscopic third ventriculostomy: a case report.
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- Tetraventricular Hydrocephalus Due to Idiopathic Fourth Ventricle Outlet Obstruction: A Case Report and Literature Review.Journal of neurological surgery reports · 2025Article
- The endoscopic treatment of fourth ventricle outlet obstruction: Report of two children and systematic review.Clinical case reports · 2023Article
- Late-onset obstructive hydrocephalus associated with occipital encephalocele with large skull defect successfully treated by endoscopic third ventriculostomy.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2023Article
- Tetraventricular noncommunicating hydrocephalus: Case report and literature review.Surgical neurology international · 2021Review
- Idiopathic fourth ventricular outlet obstruction misdiagnosed as normal pressure hydrocephalus: A cautionary case.Surgical neurology international · 2020Article
- Anatomic Variability of the Morphometric Parameters of the Fourth Ventricle of the Brain.Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base · 2018Article
- Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy in the Fourth Ventricle Outlet Obstruction Associated with Chiari Malformation Type I and Syringomyelia: Case Report.Asian journal of neurosurgeryArticle
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Abstract
introductionFourth ventricle outlet obstruction (FVOO) is a rare cause of obstructive hydrocephalus. We describe a case of idiopathic FVOO that was successfully treated with endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV). CASE REPORT: A 3-year old boy without any remarkable medical history presented with a headache and vomiting. Computed tomography (CT) images, which had incidentally been taken 2 years previously due to a minor head injury, showed no abnormality. Magnetic resonance imaging on admission showed tetra-ventricular hydrocephalus associated with the dilatation of the fourth ventricle outlets, without any obstructive lesions. However, CT ventriculography, involving contrast medium injection through a ventricular catheter, suggested mechanical obstruction of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) at the fourth ventricle outlets. Thus, the patient was diagnosed with FVOO and ETV was performed; the hydrocephalus was subsequently resolved. Although hydrocephalus recurred 1 year postoperatively, re-ETV for the highly stenosed fenestration successfully resolved this condition.
conclusionsETV should be considered for FVOO treatment, particularly in idiopathic cases without CSF malabsorption.
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