Intracranial hypertrophic calcification complicating neuroendoscopy. Report of three cases.
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Abstract
Three cases are presented in which progressive hypertrophic calcification formed following ventricular endoscopy. After a ventricular endoscopy has been performed, it has been the authors' practice to seal the burr hole with bone dust. They believe that the calcifications formed from bone dust that fell into the track left by the endoscope. This is the first time this complication has been described.
Medical subject headings
- Bone Cements
- Brain Diseases
- Calcinosis
- Endoscopy
- Hypertrophy
- Postoperative Complications
- Ventriculostomy