Intraventricular cryptococcal cysts

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 110-113

  Vender, John R ^a   Miller, David M ^a   Roth, Toni ^a   Nair, Somnath ^a   Reboli, Annette C ^a,b  

^a HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, cysts; Nervous system, infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VERTIGO;

CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0030021652     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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