KROK 1 2014 – Question 84 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
As a result of past encephalitis, a male patient has developed an increase in cerebrospinal fluid pressure in the right lateral ventricle. What can be the cause of this condition?
- A. Atresia of tubus medullaris
- B. Atresia of sylvian aqueduct
- C. Atresia of the fourth ventricle foramina
- D. Closure of left interventricular foramen
- E. Closure of right interventricular foramen
Hint
Ask where cerebrospinal fluid has to pass on its way out of the right lateral ventricle, and why only one side is affected.
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