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The authors present a case in which the patient suffered a fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) after endoscopic third ventriculostomy.<\/jats:p><jats:p content-type=\"fine-print\">This 63-year-old man presented with confusion and drowsiness and was admitted in to the hospital in poor general condition. Computerized tomography scanning revealed an obstructive hydrocephalus caused by a tumor located in the cerebellopontine angle. An endoscopic third ventriculostomy was performed with the aid of a Fogarty balloon catheter. Some hours postoperatively, the patient became comatose. Computerized tomography scanning revealed a severe perimesencephalic\u2014peripontine SAH and progressive hydrocephalus. Despite emergency external ventricular drainage, the patient died a few hours later.<\/jats:p><jats:p content-type=\"fine-print\">Although endoscopic third ventriculostomy is considered to be a simple and safe procedure, one should be aware that severe and sometimes fatal complications may occur. To avoid vascular injury, perforation of the floor of the third ventricle should be performed in the midline, halfway between the infundibular recess and the mammillary bodies, just behind the dorsum sellae.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.1999.90.1.0153","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,5,13]],"date-time":"2009-05-13T17:26:30Z","timestamp":1242235590000},"page":"153-155","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":84,"title":["Fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage after endoscopic third ventriculostomy"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"90","author":[{"given":"Henry W. 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