Spontaneous lateral ventriculocisternostomy documented by metrizamide CT ventriculography

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  • 1 Edward Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, Missouri
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✓ In a patient with partially shunted obstructive hydrocephalus from a third ventricular astrocytoma, metrizamide ventriculography combined with computerized tomography demonstrated spontaneous ventriculocisternostomy with passage of contrast material from the atrium into the choroid fissure and posterior subarachnoid space.

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