Ruptured cerebral pseudoaneurysm caused by the removal of a ventricular catheter. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1031-1033

  Shirane, Reizo ^a   Kondo, Takeo ^a   Yoshida, Yasuko K ^a   Furuta, Susumu ^a   Yoshimoto, Takashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior choroidal artery; Cerebral pseudoaneurysm; Shunt revision internal carotid artery; Ventricular catheter

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032736346     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.6.1031     Document Type: Article

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