Foramen magnum neurenteric cyst causing Mollaret meningitis: MR findings

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 386-388

  Weiss, Melissa A ^b   Gebarski, Stephen S ^a,b   McKeever, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, cysts; Foramina, magnum; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; FLUCONAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; CYST; FORAMEN MAGNUM; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; RECURRENCE; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA;

EID: 0030057026     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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