Regional parenchymal enhancement with mixed cavernous/venous malformations of the brain: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 154-158

  Comey, Christopher H ^a   Kondziolka, Douglas ^a,b   Yonas, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cavernous malformation; magnetic resonance imaging; vascular malformation; venous malformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMANGIOMA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031027985     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.86.1.0154     Document Type: Article

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