We reviewed the effect of 3 interventions to reduce the incidence of intraventricular catheter-related ventriculitis, conducted at a tertiary care center in St Louis, Missouri, during an 8-year period. The incidence density of intraventricular catheter-related ventriculitis decreased substantially after the implementation of standardized management of intraventricular catheters.

BACKGROUND To assess feasibility, acute toxicity, and efficacy of intraventricular methotrexate administered as part of the primary therapy in medulloblastoma. METHODS From 2001 to 2007, 240 patients < 22 years from 61 treatment centres were registered. Patients received 2-3 cycles of intraventricular methotrexate with systemic chemotherapy in three different treatment arms of the prospective...

This case report is a presentation of a chronic intraventricular encapsulated hematoma in an adult who presented with gait disturbance, fever, palsy of N. III, N. VI and N. VII, and photophobia. Ophthalmoscopy revealed a bilateral papilledema. Computed tomography scans and magnetic resonance imaging revealed an intraventricular mass in the lateral ventricle. Preoperative diagnosis could not rul...

The precise etiological basis of transient left ventricular apical ballooning without coronary artery stenosis (ampulla or so-called 'takotsubo' cardiomyopathy) remains unknown, so the present study examined the acute effects of intravenous propranolol (2-4 mg) in 3 female patients (age range, 61-76 years) with the condition. Although one patient who did not have any intraventricular pressure g...

Dr. Lucas Perez de Vasconcellos – Rua Desembargador Joaquim Barbosa de Almeida 368 05463-010 São Paulo SP Brasil. E-mail: lucas.vasconcellos@ terra.com.br Intraventricular tumours represent around 10% of central nervous system tumours. A variety of intraventricular tumours can be found, with the differential diagnosis depending upon the location in the ventricular system. In the lateral ventric...

We report the unusual phenomenon of abrupt intraventricular contrast medium leakage from the choroid plexus occurring during ethanol embolization of a periventricular arteriovenous malformation. There was no evidence of any associated intraventricular hemorrhage to suggest that leakage arose from a vessel perforation, as was first suspected. Intraventricular contrast medium leakage has been rep...

Moyamoya disease usually manifests as ischemic events in childhood, and as more severe hemorrhagic events, including intraventricular hemorrhage, in adults. Recently, the indication for neuroendoscopic surgery has been extended to cast-formation intraventricular hematomas. However, detailed information about the use of neuroendoscopic surgery for the treatment of intraventricular hemorrhage ass...

Shishido, Toshiaki, Masaru Sugimachi, Osamu Kawaguchi, Hiroshi Miyano, Toru Kawada, Wataru Matsuura, Yasuhiro Ikeda, and Kenji Sunagawa. Novel method to estimate ventricular contractility using intraventricular pulse wave velocity. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 46): H2409–H2415, 1999.—We developed a novel technique for estimating ventricular contractility using intraventricular puls...