Sigmoid sinus thrombosis after mild closed head injury in an infant: Diagnosis by magnetic resonance imaging in the acute phase - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 361-365

  Satoh, Hideki ^a,c   Kumano, Kiyoshi ^a   Ogami, Ryo ^a   Nishi, Tohru ^a   Onda, Jun ^a   Nishimura, Shigeru ^a   Kurisu, Kaoru ^b  

^a Kitakyushu General Hospital   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Closed head injury; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sigmoid sinus; Sinus thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THROMBOSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 0033866472     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.40.361     Document Type: Article

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