Summary
A pneumographic study of nine cases of stenosis of the aquenduct led us to illustrate the various roentgenologic appearances of the stenosis: complete or incomplete, with normal-shaped, funnel-shaped, or even abruptly terminated aqueduct, with normal, widely enlarged or even deformed cisterns, probably due to an expanding process.— The anatomical study of two cases allowed us to identify two different phases of a stenosis of inflammatory origin.
Résumé
L'image pneumographique de la sténose est variable (9 cas). L'étude anatomique a permis de reconnaître 2 phases différentes d'une sténose inflammatoire.
Zusammenfassung
Die pneumoencephalographischen Befunde von 9 Kindern mit einer Aquaedukt-Stenose werden beschrieben. Auf die verschiedenen Formen des Aquaedukt-Verschlusses und der Aquaedukt-Einengung wird ausführlich eingegangen, ebenfalls werden die luftencephalographischen Symptome der Cisternen besprochen.
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Babin, E., Heldt, N. Pneumographic findings in infants and children with aqueductal stenosis. Neuroradiology 1, 173–178 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00341796
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