Confirmation of Elevated Intracranial Pressure in Arrested Hydrocephalus by Optic Nerve Ultrasonography

Koksal, Vaner; YAVAŞİ, ÖZCAN; KAYAYURT, Kamil; BİLİR, ÖZLEM; Ugras, Erhan

doi:10.5152/jaemcr.2014.628

Confirmation of Elevated Intracranial Pressure in Arrested Hydrocephalus by Optic Nerve Ultrasonography

Koksal V., YAVAŞİ Ö., KAYAYURT K. , BİLİR Ö., Ugras E.

JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE CASE REPORTS, vol.5, no.12, pp.268-271, 2014 (Journal Indexed in ESCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 5 Issue: 12
Publication Date: 2014
Doi Number: 10.5152/jaemcr.2014.628
Title of Journal : JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE CASE REPORTS
Page Numbers: pp.268-271

Abstract

Introduction: Arrested hydrocephalus is a state of chronic hydrocephalus with mild dilatation of the ventricles in which the cerebrospinal fluid pressure has returned to normal, and there is no pressure gradient between the cerebral ventricles and brain parenchyma.