Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Sequelae of Temporal Lobe Herniation Secondary to Traumatic Acute Subdural Hematoma: Kernohan's Notch and Posterior Cerebral Artery Territory Infarctions Contralateral to the Supratentorial Lesion: —Case Report—

Neurologia medico-chirurgica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-35

  Namura, Shobu ^a   Kang, Yoo ^a   Matsuda, Isao ^a   Kamijyo, Yoshinari ^a  

^a OTSU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

herniation; Kernohan's notch; occipital lobe infarction; posterior cerebral artery; subdural hematoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMIPARESIS; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031041378     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.37.32     Document Type: Article

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