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Congenital triventricular hydrocephalus associated with a small lipoma in the quadrigeminal plate cistern

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A case of neonatal congenital triventricular hydrocephalus due to a small intracranial lipoma in the quadrigeminal plate cistern is reported. The patient was treated by a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. The mechanism of obstructive hydrocephalus caused by the intracranial lipoma is discussed.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Tokyo Women's Medical College, 8-1 Kawada-Cho, Shinjuku-Ku, 162, Tokyo, Japan

    Takakazu Kawamata & Kintomo Takakura

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Okubo Hospital, 160, Tokyo, Japan

    Nobuhiko Aoki & Tatsuo Sakai

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  1. Takakazu Kawamata
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Kawamata, T., Aoki, N., Sakai, T. et al. Congenital triventricular hydrocephalus associated with a small lipoma in the quadrigeminal plate cistern. Child's Nerv Syst 11, 121–123 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00303819

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