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Case Reports
. 2022 Aug 5;17(10):3767-3769.
doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2022.07.036. eCollection 2022 Oct.

A case of aqueductal obstruction by web with no sign except a headache

Fariba Zarei  1   2 , Banafsheh Zeinali-Rafsanjani  1 , Pooya Iranpour  1   2 , Sepideh Sefidbakht  1   2
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A case of aqueductal obstruction by web with no sign except a headache

Fariba Zarei et al. Radiol Case Rep. .

Abstract

Aqueductal stenosis can be a silent disease that can present in a patient for years without any signs and symptoms. This silence can occur due to CSF flow dynamics compensation, and it can continue until the increase in CSF production so that the symptoms may appear during adolescence or even later. In this study, we report an aqueduct obstruction by web, who had no symptoms except a headache and was referred for MRI in his early thirty. The patient was referred to find the cause of his episodes of headaches. If he did not follow up on his headache, he might never know about his disorder.

Keywords: Aqueduct of Sylvius; Aqueductal obstruction by web; Compensated; Headache episodes; Hydrocephalus; MRI.

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Fig. 1
T1 sagittal of a 30-year-old man which shows dilation of third and lateral ventricles. A thin membrane can be seen in the distal part of the aqueduct.
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Fig. 2
Right) T2 transverse, Left) T1 transverse of the brain which show the dilation of brain ventricles.
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