Spontaneous pneumocephalus in the posterior fossa in a patient with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1002-1004

  Kanner, Andy A ^a,b   Nageris, Ben I ^a,b   Chaimoff, Moshe ^a,b   Rappaport, Zvi H ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid shunt; Mastoidectomy; Pneumocephalus; Spontaneous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034037274     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/00006123-200004000-00048     Document Type: Article

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