Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Caused by Aspergillus Aneurysm as a Complication of Transcranial Biopsy of an Orbital Apex Lesion: —Case Report—

Neurologia medico-chirurgica

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 432-437

  Okada, Yoshikazu ^a   Shima, Takeshi ^b   Nishida, Masahiro ^b   Yamane, Kanji ^b  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Chugoku Rousai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; de novo aneurysm; steroid; subarachnoid hemorrhage; visual disturbance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BIOPSY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; CASE REPORT; COMA; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; MALE; ORBIT TUMOR; PAIN; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANEURYSM, INFECTED; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; ASPERGILLOSIS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; ORBITAL DISEASES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0031827260     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.38.432     Document Type: Article

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