Fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage from the rupture of a totally intracavernous carotid artery aneurysm: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 596-599

  Lee, Andrew G ^a,b   Mawad, Michael E ^a   Baskin, David S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Carotid artery; Intracavernous; Rupture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

AGED; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAVERNOUS SINUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0030027129     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199603000-00038     Document Type: Article

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