Ventriculomegaly
Ventriculomegaly is a brain condition that occurs when the lateral ventricles become dilated. The most common definition uses a width of the atrium of the lateral ventricle greater than 10 mm.
long-standing overt ventriculomegaly syndrome.
see Hydrocephalus.
Case reports
2017
Intermittent change in ventricular size is a recognised ventriculoperitoneal shunt complication but definitive imaging evidence is rare.
Aly et al. report a 3 years old boy with a spinal cord astrocytoma and ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement who demonstrated intermittent ventriculomegaly during a single MRI scan 1)
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Aly A, El-Beshlawi I, Howarth S, Smith S. MRI capture of intermittent ventriculomegaly in a patient with ventriculo-peritoneal shunt. Br J Neurosurg. 2017 Oct;31(5):601-602. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2017.1333571. Epub 2017 Jun 2. PMID: 28574289.