Progressive ventricular dilatation (PVD) over the past 22 years
- Department of Pediatrics, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, USA; weissl@mmc.org
- progressive ventricular dilatation
- intraventricular haemorrhage
- intracranial pressure
- brain
- thyroid disorders
- Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
We read with interest the article of Murphy et al,1 and it prompted us to review our own experience with progressive ventricular dilatation (PVD) over the past 22 years at the Maine Medical Center (MMC). Since 1980, we have used a single approach to management of PVD. As noted in previous publications, we have considered the need for intervention to be rapid head growth defined as an …









