Cervical Myelopathy Caused by Engorgement of the Epidural Venous Plexus due to Cerebrospinal Fluid Overdrainage: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Cervical Myelopathy Caused by Engorgement of the Epidural Venous Plexus due to Cerebrospinal Fluid Overdrainage: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Abstract This is a case report of a 33-year-old woman with cervical myelopathy caused by an enlargement of the cervical venous plexus, after she was submitted to a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt that evolved to overdrainage. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) revealed an epidural venous enlargement w...

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Main Authors: Fernando Luiz Rolemberg Dantas, François Dantas, Jair Leopoldo Raso, Pedro Moreira Coelho Barroso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2016-08-01
Series:Brazilian Neurosurgery
Subjects:
overdrainage
spinal dural enhancement
ventriculoperitoneal shunt
cervical myelopathy
vertebral venous system
craniocervical junction
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1586240

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