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X-Linked Hydrocephalus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Ruben I. Kuzniecky ,
Gordon V. Watters ,
Lise Watters  and
Kathleen Meagher-Villemure
Ruben I. Kuzniecky
Affiliation:
Departments of Neurology and Pathology, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University
Gordon V. Watters*
Affiliation:
Departments of Neurology and Pathology, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University
Lise Watters
Affiliation:
Departments of Neurology and Pathology, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University
Kathleen Meagher-Villemure
Affiliation:
Departments of Neurology and Pathology, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University
*
Department of Neurology, Montreal Children's Hospital, 2300 Tupper Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3H 1P3
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Abstract:

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Two French-Canadian families with seven cases of hydrocephalus in two generations are presented. The pattern of inheritance is consistent with an X-linked recessive transmission. The clinical and pathologic characteristics of this entity are reviewed. The anomaly of adducted thumbs was present in one patient and its cause is considered. The hypothesis of primary hydrocephalus and secondary compression of the aqueduct as the mechanism for aqueductal stenosis is discussed.

Type
Original Articles
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , November 1986 , pp. 344 - 346
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1986

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