Cerebral cysticercosis manifesting as hydrocephalus - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 654-658

  Oka, Yoshihisa ^a   Fukui, Keiji ^a   Shoda, Daisuke ^a   Abe, Tomohiro ^a   Kumon, Yoshiaki ^a   Sakaki, Saburo ^a   Torii, Motomi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cerebral cysticercosis; hydrocephalus; treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYSTICERCOSIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0029767446     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.36.654     Document Type: Article

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