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Demonstration of transventricular CSF absorption by computerized tomography

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Four cases are presented of marked periventricular oedema associated with hydrocephalus on CT scan. In one of the patients oedema, as well as the hydrocephalus, subsided after successful re-establishment of CSF absorption. The most likely explanation of the periventricular oedema is increased absorption of CSF by periventricular brain tissue.

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  1. The Dent Neurological Institute, Millard Fillmore Hospital, USA

    L. N. Hopkins, L. Bakay M.D., W. R. Kinkel & W. Grand

  2. School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery of the State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

    L. N. Hopkins, L. Bakay M.D., W. R. Kinkel & W. Grand

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Hopkins, L.N., Bakay, L., Kinkel, W.R. et al. Demonstration of transventricular CSF absorption by computerized tomography. Acta neurochir 39, 151–157 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01406724

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