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. 2012 Nov;56(6):585-7.
doi: 10.4103/0019-5049.104586.

Reverse brain herniation following ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indira Gurajala  1 , Vengala Brahmaprasad, Alugolu Rajesh, Gopinath Ramachandran, Aniruddh Kumar Purohit
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Reverse brain herniation following ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indira Gurajala et al. Indian J Anaesth. 2012 Nov.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Pre-operative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MRI of brain showed heterogeneously hypo on T1-weighted and hyper on T2-weighted sequences and a lesion measuring 4×3.5×3.5 cm with solid cystic contents occupying the right cerebellopontine angle, compressing and distorting the brainstem, and extending superiorly upto the tentorium and into the petrous bone, with severe hydrocephalus and periventricular oedema
Figure 2
Figure 2
Post-operative magnetic resonance imaging. Reverse brain herniation
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