Extrinsic cerebral venous sinus obstruction resulting in intracranial hypertension

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 887, 1999, Pages 550-551

  Goldsmith, P ^a   Burn, D J ^a   Coulthard, A ^a   Jenkins, A ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intracranial hypertension; Malignancy; Venous sinus thrombosis

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GOSERELIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; SINUS VENOSUS; VEIN OCCLUSION; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0032854664     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.75.887.550     Document Type: Article

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