False subarachnoid hemorrhage in anoxic encephalopathy with brain swelling

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 236-238

  Phan, T G ^a   Wijdicks, E F M ^a   Worrell, G A ^a   Fulgham, J R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxic encephalopathy; Brain swelling; Computed tomography; Pseudosubarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BASAL CISTERN; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SWELLING; COMATOSE PATIENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; INOTROPISM; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESUSCITATION; SEPTICEMIA; SWELLING; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0033734867     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon2000104236     Document Type: Article

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