Encephalitis is a potentially fatal inflammation of the brain parenchyma, of infectious or immunological etiology. This article is a case report of a 9-month-old child who evolved to death, demonstrating the difficulty in making the diagnosis, due to the symptoms of this disease being, in most cases, nonspecific and with several differential diagnoses.
Hydrocephalus is a common condition of accumulation of cerebral spinal fluid in the ventricular system. Generally, infants show with progressive macrocephaly or signs and symptoms of intracranial hypertension. The ventricular shunt represents a common and important treatment of hydrocephalus. However, it can occur some complications. The authors report a case of an accident of catheter removal in an infant, which the choroid plexus was removed by accident, and discuss how to diagnose and how to prevent it.
Hydrocephalus is an unbalanced condition between the production and absorption of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). We reported a child with multiloculated hydrocephalus who developed several complications. Our team was challenged to manage his issues during five years of follow up. We performed multicystic cerebral shunts despite the neuroendoscopic evidence.
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