A giant dissecting aneurysm mimicking serpentine aneurysm angiographically: Case report and review of the literature

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 284-289

  Tuna, Metin ^a,b   Göçer, A Iskender ^a   Özel, Süleyman ^a   Baǧdatoǧlu, Hüseyin ^a   Zorludemir, Suzan ^a   Haciyakupoǧlu, Sebahattin ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Angiography; Berry aneurysm; Dissecting aneurysm; Giant serpentine aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0032467354     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01105787     Document Type: Article

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