The progression of an infundibulum to aneurysm formation and rupture: Case report and literature review

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1445-1449

  Marshman, Laurence A G ^a   Ward, Peter J ^a   Walter, Paul H ^a   Dossetor, Robert S ^a  

^a PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Infundibulum; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM CLIP; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERNATREMIA; INFUNDIBULUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0031787985     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199812000-00107     Document Type: Article

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