Entrapment of the temporal horn: a form of focal non-communicating hydrocephalus caused by intraventricular block of cerebrospinal fluid flow--report of two cases

Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 1992 Apr;32(4):210-4. doi: 10.2176/nmc.32.210.

Abstract

In two cases of entrapment of the temporal horn, computed tomography demonstrated the typical appearance of a comma-shaped homogeneous area isodense with water surrounded by a periventricular low-density area. The cause was probably choroid plexitis resulting in obstruction of the cerebrospinal fluid pathway at the atrium. External drainage followed by shunt emplacement is indicated.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Abscess / complications*
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
  • Consciousness Disorders / etiology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / complications
  • Dilatation, Pathologic
  • Female
  • Hemiplegia / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / diagnostic imaging
  • Hydrocephalus / etiology*
  • Hydrocephalus / physiopathology
  • Hydrocephalus / surgery
  • Male
  • Streptococcal Infections / complications*
  • Temporal Lobe* / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tuberculosis, Meningeal / complications*
  • Tuberculosis, Meningeal / drug therapy