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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2005;76:367 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.043174
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Giant calcified chronic subdural haematoma: a long term complication of shunted hydrocephalus

  1. X S He,
  2. X Zhang
  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, China
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr He Xiaosheng
 Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710032, China; hexiaosfmmu.edu.cn

    A 15 year old boy, who had undergone ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) shunting for hydrocephalus at age 5, presented with a several-month history of progressive right hemiparesis, headache, and urinary incontinence for 3 weeks. Clinical examination revealed grade 3 power (MRC classification) in the right limbs. Cranial computed tomography (CT) showed a high density mass with surface calcification (fig 1A–D). …

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