Enlarged ventricles

[Kmf405]

Hello Group, So I have hydrocephalus because of an arachnoid cyst which is the size of a golf on my pituitary gland. I have 2 vp shunts at present. The other day I had a very weird experience. I had an ocular migraine. I got dizzy sat down on the bed and closed my eyes. When I closed my eyes there was this bright light in my left eye that would not go away. After around 20 minutes or so of this I got off the bed and started to type my symptoms into the computer but I could not see the left side of the keyboard it was for the lack of a better term blocked by the bright light. It lasted 30 minutes and then went away. All of my doctors are at a large hospital in chicago and I called but could not get an appointment because my old neurosurgeon died a few years ago. So I made an appointment with my regular doc at the same hospital and when we met he ordered a cat scan. And then I met with a new doctor in neurosurgery(very roundabout process). He showed me the cat scan that I had done around 6 years ago and the one I had done the other day. One of my ventricles is swollen. the radiologists report says mild to moderate hydrocephalus. However when I went to the neurosurgeons the other day I had no symptoms and he did a bunch of neurologic tests that all came out normal.  He set up an appointment for six months from now for a repeat cat scan.What could be the cause of the enlarged ventricles. Thanks  

[Kmf405]

Thanks for the advice.

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi!
In all probability you suffer from a normal pressure hydrocephalus. In this, the ventricles of the brain become dilated due to accumulation of CSF. This can develop secondary to head injury, tumor, brain surgery, cysts in brain, subarachnoid hemorrhage, other cranial surgery, subdural hematomas, or infections like meningitis, encephalitis etc. Often no cause is found. Please discuss with your doctor. Take care!

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