Endoscopic third ventriculostomy for hydrocephalus in osteopetrosis: a case report and review of the literature.
Nobuyuki AkutsuJunji KoyamaAtsufumi KawamuraTatsuya NagashimaMasaaki TaniguchiEiji KohmuraPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2018)
The etiology of hydrocephalus in osteopetrosis is not completely understood; however, there have been several reports in which ETV was effective. ETV should be considered the treatment of choice for hydrocephalus in osteopetrosis, as it avoids the characteristic shunt complications that can occur in patients with osteopetrosis.