Familial fatal and near-fatal third ventricle colloid cysts

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 733-736

  Stoodley, Marcus A ^a,c   Nguyen, Thai P ^a   Robbins, Peter ^b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloid cyst; Hereditary; Sudden death; Third ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLLOID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUDDEN DEATH; VOMITING;

ADULT; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN DISEASES; CYSTS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; THIRD VENTRICLE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VENTRICULOSTOMY; VOMITING;

EID: 0032872793     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01676.x     Document Type: Article

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