Author/Authors :
Alimohammadi, Ehsan Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Sharifi, Guive Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Samadian, Mohammad Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Ebrahimzadeh, Kaveh Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Rezaei, Omidvar Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Background and Importance: This interesting case is about the presence of normal pressure hydrocephalus
and a large pseudomeningocele at the same time after 13 months of posterior fossa surgery. Although the
occurrence of a pseudomeningocele following posterior fossa surgery is not so rare, such a late large
pseudomeningocele development with signs and symptoms of NPH after 13 months of surgery is rather
peculiar.
Case Presentation: A 59-year-old man referred to our clinic for a cerebellopontine angle tumor. The patient
presented with right hearing loss and mild facial palsy. We operated the patient with retrosigmoid approach,
and we discharged him after five days. After about 13 months, the patient referred to our center again with
complaint of progressive bulging of previous surgical region and gait apraxia, urinary incontinence and
dementia. A large pseudomeningocele in the site of previous surgery was seen.
Conclusion: The authors presented a case report on late development (13 months) of a huge pseudomeningocele
following vestibular schwannoma surgery with signs and symptoms of normal pressure hydrocephalus. Such
a late big pseudomeningocele presentation with signs and symptoms of normal pressure hydrocephalus after
posterior fossa surgery is peculiar.
Keywords :
Hydrocephalus , Pseudomeningocele , Intracranial , Pressure