Fatal hemorrhage from rupture of the intracranial internal carotid artery caused by aspergillus arteritis

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 198-201

  Takahashi, Yoshihiko ^a   Sugita, Yasuo ^a   Maruiwa, Hikaru ^a   Hirohata, Masaru ^a   Tokutomi, Takashi ^a   Shigemori, Minoru ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arteritis; Aspergillosis; Internal carotid artery; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031744305     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02389333     Document Type: Article

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