Journal article
Neuro-Ophthalmic Complications of Intracranial Catheters
Neurosurgery, Vol.33(1), pp.135-138
07/1993
DOI: 10.1227/00006123-199307000-00022
PMID: 8355830
Abstract
WE REPORT FOUR patients who sustained direct injury to the brain after insertion of intraventricular shunts and pressure monitoring lines, which resulted in permanent neuro-ophthalmic deficits. These included hemianopsia from an optic tract lesion, esotropia and residual bilateral facial paresis from dorsal pontine injury, unilateral blindness from damage to the optic nerve, and dorsal midbrain syndrome from catheter compression in the region of the posterior commissure. Although presumably rare, such injuries should be considered in diagnosing patients with neuro-ophthalmic complaints after insertion of such devices.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Neuro-Ophthalmic Complications of Intracranial Catheters
- Creators
- William T ShultsSharon HambyJames J CorbettRandy KardonJacqueline S WinterkornJeffrey G Odel
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Neurosurgery, Vol.33(1), pp.135-138
- DOI
- 10.1227/00006123-199307000-00022
- PMID
- 8355830
- NLM abbreviation
- Neurosurgery
- ISSN
- 0148-396X
- eISSN
- 1524-4040
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/1993
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984070856402771
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