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Table 1 Patients with hydrocephalus from aqueductal stenosis from venous lesions (modified from Giannetti et al.)

From: Aqueductal developmental venous anomaly as an unusual cause of congenital hydrocephalus: a case report and review of the literature

Author, Year

[Reference]

Age/Sex

Symptoms (duration)

Imaging

Venous lesion

Treatment

Rosenheck, 1937 [16]

58 yo/F

Mental deterioration (5 years)

Postmortem

DVA

None

Avman and Dincer, 1980 [10]

35 yo/F

Headache (7 years)

Ventriculography, CT, and angiography

Venous element

Stent

Watanabe et al., 1991 [3]

39 yo/M

Headache (1 year)

CT, MRI, and angiography

Venous malformation

Shunt

Oka et al., 1993 [7]

43 yo/F

Seizures (2 months)

CT, MRI, and angiography

Venous malformation

ETV

Blackmore and Mamourian, 1996 [5]

16 yo/F

Headache, behavior changes (2 months)

MRI

DVA

None

Bannur et al., 2002 [4]

11 yo/M

Headache (5 months)

CT and MRI

DVA

Shunt

Sato et al., 2004 [2]

28 yo/F

Headache, diplopia (N/A)

CT, MRI, and angiography

DVA

ETV

Yagmurlu et al., 2005 [15]

7 yo/F

Headache (1 month)

MRI

DVA

None

Giannetti et al., 2008 [8]

42 yo/M

Headache, behavior changes (1 year)

CT and MRI

DVA

ETV

 

18 yo/M

Headache (6 years)

CT and MRI

Venous loop

ETV

Present case

Birth/F

Full fontanelle, splayed sutures, increased head circumference

MRI

DVA

Shunt

  1. CT, computed tomography; DVA, developmental venous anomaly; ETV, endoscopic third ventriculostomy