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Case Reports
. 1988 Jan;22(1 Pt 1):154-6.
doi: 10.1227/00006123-198801010-00030.

Ipsilateral progressive hydrocephalus due to acquired foramen of Monro obstruction: an unusual complication of brain abscess in cyanotic heart disease. A case report

A K Gupta  1 , R Sharma
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Ipsilateral progressive hydrocephalus due to acquired foramen of Monro obstruction: an unusual complication of brain abscess in cyanotic heart disease. A case report

A K Gupta et al. Neurosurgery. 1988 Jan.

Abstract

An unusual complication of brain abscess in cyanotic heart disease is presented. This patient, who was suffering from recurring brain abscesses at different sites was diagnosed on regular follow-up, and a metrizamide computed tomographic ventriculogram confirmed the diagnosis of foramen of Monro obstruction ipsilateral to the abscess.

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