Distal basilar perforator artery aneurysm: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 393-396

  Ghogawala, Zoher ^a   Shumacher, James M ^a   Ogilvy, Christopher S ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Cerebral aneurysm; Cerebral angiography; Perforating artery; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN 40; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE AGED; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029939722     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199608000-00034     Document Type: Article

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