Cranial migration of a lumboperitoneal shunt catheter

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 634-636

  Alleyne Jr , Cargill H ^a,b   Shutter, Lori A ^a   Colohan, Austin R T ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHUNTING;

EID: 0029941517     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199606000-00019     Document Type: Article

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