Acute posterior fossa syndrome following lumbar drainage for treatment of suboccipital pseudomeningocele: Report of three cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 469-474

  Manley, Geoffrey T ^a   Dillon, William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pseudomeningocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033995019     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.92.3.0469     Document Type: Article

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