Baby: Brain Hydrocephalus / Shunting

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BOARD 1
1. Regions of brain
2. Areas of function: transverse section of brain

BOARD 2
1. Orientation view
2. Axial view of brain: normal anatomy
3. Detail of meninges of brain

BOARD 3
1. Lateral view of ventricles
2. Transverse view of brain through ventricles
3. Orientation view

BOARD 4
1. Sagittal view: Brain with cerebrospinal fluid
2. Circulation of fluid

BOARD 5
1. Right lateral view: normal anatomy of brain and ventricles
2. Orientation view
3. Coronal view: normal anatomy of brain and ventricles

BOARD 6
1. Normal ventricles
2. Hydrocephalus ventricles

BOARD 7
1. Normal lateral and axial section with ventricles
2. Lateral and axial section with hydrocephalic ventricles

BOARD 8
1. Periventricular leukomalacia watershed injury
2. Detail of watershed injury
3. Periventricular leukomalacia eventually leads to hydrocephalus

BOARD 9
1. Lateral view showing normal posterior placement of shunt

BOARD 10
1. Lateral view showing normal anterior placement of shunt

BOARD 11
1. Orientation view: tonsil position
2. Colorization of film pre-procedure
3. Ventricular shunt

BOARD 12
1. Normal anatomy: sagittal view of brain
2. Hydrocephalus
3. Shunt running to abdomen

BOARD 13
1. Schulte valve detail: out flow
2. Schulte valve detail: valve stops back flow

BOARD 14
1. Procedure for closing shunt
2. Procedure for opening shunt
3. Proximal injection

BOARD 15
1. Proximal Flushing
2. Distal injection
3. Distal flushing

BOARD 16
1. Right lateral view: dermoid cyst / hydrocephalus
2. Orientation view
3. Coronal view: dermoid cyst / hydrocephalus

BOARD 17
1. Right lateral view: right frontal external ventricular drainage catheter
2. Coronal view: right frontal external ventricular drainage catheter

BOARD 18
1. Right lateral view: fat / debris within ventricles and fat clogging catheter
2. Lumen of cath open
3. Lumen of cath clogged with fat/debris
4. Proximal Flushing
5. Distal injection
6. Distal flushing

BOARD 19
1. Dermoid cyst causing hydrocephalus