Communicating hydrocephalus secondary to diffuse meningeal spread of Wegener's granulomatosis: Case report and literature review

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1470-1473

  Scarrow, Alan M ^a   Segal, Ricardo ^a,b,c   Medsger Jr , Thomas A ^a,b   Wasko, Mary Chester M ^a,b  

^a Department of Neurological Surgery ^*  (United States)

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

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulating antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (c ANCA); Communicating hydrocephalus; Papilledema; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MENINGITIS; MYRINGOTOMY; OTITIS MEDIA; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0031731046     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199812000-00126     Document Type: Article

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