Decompensation of 'arrested hydrocephalus' - 2 case studies

Cranial diabetes insipidus secondary to arrested hydrocephalus.

An unusual case is described linking cranial diabetes insipidus with longstanding arrested hydrocephalus. The latter was demonstrated by computed tomographic (CT) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) scans and cerebrospinal fluid pressure measurements. The increasing use of CT and NMR scans may result in this association of cranial diabetes and hydrocephalus being better defined.

Treatment of a child with spontaneously arrested hydrocephalus.

analysis of reading comprehension needs of the students of paramedical studies: the case of the students of health information management (him)

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Case of Enormous Hydrocephalus

Guga Kala, male child, 1 year old, 6th June 1890. Admitted with a gigantic enlargement of the head clue to hydrocephalus. At the time of birth the head was said to be of natural size, and preserved the same natural proportion till four weeks old. It was then noticed to grow in size gradually, and has attained the present enormous bulk. It is so very heavy and disproportionate to the rest of the...

Neurodegeneration: A Case of Arrested Development?

The neurodegenerative disease Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) is a polyglutamine expansion disorder characterized by the death of Purkinje neurons in the brain. In this issue, Serra et al. (2006) implicate the impaired function of the orphan nuclear receptor RORalpha in SCA1 pathogenesis. Their intriguing results suggest that derailing a transcription program during embryonic development m...