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Case Reports
. 2002 Feb;36(2):101-4.
doi: 10.1159/000048361.

Acute hydrocephalus following a Chiari I decompression

Scott Elton  1 , R Shane Tubbs, John C Wellons 3rd, Jeffrey P Blount, Paul A Grabb, W Jerry Oakes
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Acute hydrocephalus following a Chiari I decompression

Scott Elton et al. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2002 Feb.

Abstract

Complications of posterior cranial fossa decompression for Chiari malformations are uncommon. We present three patients who developed infratentorial supracerebellar hygromas causing acute hydrocephalus after posterior cranial fossa decompression.

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