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Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines




Disease intracranial hypertension
Phenotype C0085436|cryptococcal meningitis
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PubMedID- 25641179 The use of ventriculoperitoneal shunts for uncontrollable intracranial hypertension in patients with hiv-associated cryptococcal meningitis with or without hydrocephalus.
PubMedID- 22658489 The use of a ventriculoperitoneal (vp) shunt to treat uncontrollable intracranial hypertension in patients with cryptococcal meningitis without hydrocephalus is somewhat unusual and still largely unreported.
PubMedID- 22013311 We report an 8-year-old boy with nephrotic syndrome, who developed cryptococcal meningitis and died of fulminant intracranial hypertension.
PubMedID- 26517766 Conclusions neurosurgeons are often asked to consider csf diversion in cases of cryptococcal meningitis complicated by intracranial hypertension.

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