• World Neurosurg · Feb 2019

    Case Reports

    Bedside iohexol ventriculography for patients with obstructive colloid cysts: a protocol to identify auto-fenestration of the septum pellucidum.

    • James J Zhou, Michael A Mooney, S Harrison Farber, Michael A Bohl, Andrew S Little, and Peter Nakaji.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
    • World Neurosurg. 2019 Feb 1; 122: e279-e284.

    ObjectivePatients with hydrocephalus secondary to third ventricular colloid cysts can require bilateral external ventricular drain (EVD) placement while awaiting surgery. However, some patients could develop auto-fenestration of the septum pellucidum (AFSP) and only require 1 EVD. We evaluated our experience with bedside iohexol ventriculography and staged EVD placement for patients with obstructive hydrocephalus.MethodsWe retrospectively identified 34 patients who had been treated for third ventricular colloid cysts (2013-2016). The preoperative and postoperative data, including age, sex, colloid cyst size, preoperative hydrocephalus, preoperative EVD placement, preoperative iohexol ventriculography, operative approach, intraoperative findings, and postoperative ventriculoperitoneal shunt requirements, were reviewed.ResultsHydrocephalus was found in 23 patients (68%) on initial presentation. Nine patients (26%) had EVDs placed before surgery. Six patients (18%) underwent iohexol ventriculography after insertion of a right-sided EVD. Five patients (15%) demonstrated no evidence of ventricular communication. Four patients (67%) required left-sided EVD placement. One patient (17%) had robust communication between the lateral ventricles after intraventricular iohexol injection, which was managed with a single EVD. AFSP was observed during surgical resection of this patient's colloid cyst. One other patient who did not undergo preoperative EVD placement was noted to have AFSP intraoperatively, resulting in 2 of 34 patients (6%) with AFSP in our series.ConclusionsA subset of patients with obstruction at the foramina of Monro can develop AFSP. Iohexol ventriculography after unilateral EVD placement allows clinicians to assess for the presence of AFSP and identify patients who can be treated with a single EVD before surgery.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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