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01.08.2012 | Case Report
Running-induced headaches in an aqueduct stenosis patient
verfasst von:
Shoko M. Yamada, Akira Matsuno, Shokei Yamada
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Child's Nervous System
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Ausgabe 8/2012
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Excerpt
Common signs and symptoms of the idiopathic aqueduct stenosis (AS) are headaches, gait disturbance, cognitive dysfunction, urinary incontinence, and seizures [
6,
7]. Approximately 50 % of adult AS patients (>16 years old) are reported to have headaches [
2,
7], due to increased pressure in the lateral and third ventricles, secondary to inadequate flow from the third ventricles into the fourth ventricle through the narrow aqueduct of Sylvius [
2]. In the presence of papilledema, increased cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure must be controlled medically or surgically without delay. In contrast, surgical treatment of patients with intermittent headaches concomitant with physical stresses and triventriculomegaly is debatable. …