Retropharyngeal pseudomeningocele after atlanto-occipital dislocation: Report of two cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1288-1291

  Naso, William B ^a,b   Cure, Joel ^a   Cuddy, Brian G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MENINGOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; CHILD; DISLOCATIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOCELE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0031005020     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199706000-00033     Document Type: Article

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