PEDIATRICS Vol. 66 No. 5 November 1980, pp. 674-678
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Ultrasound Detection of Changing Ventricular Size in Posthemorrhagic Hydrocephalus

Jeffrey D. Horbar MD1, Carrie L. Walters MD1, Alistair G. S. Philip MD1, and Jerold F. Lucey MD1

1 Department of Pediatrics and Neurosurgery, University of Vermont, Burlington

Real time ultrasonography has been used to follow sequentially the changing size of the cerebral ventricles in an infant with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus. A method for quantitating ventricular size is presented and the rapidity with which ventricular size decreases following removal of cerebrospinal fluid is demonstrated.

Submitted on May 12, 1980
Accepted on June 26, 1980