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Shunt obstruction

(A) Distended cerebral ventricles in a patient with headaches. Interpretation is aided by comparison to earlier scans. (B) Comparison with an earlier scan, taken while the patient was well, suggests that there is indeed a shunt malfunction. (Contributed by Dr. Joseph Madsen.)

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