Pseudotumor cerebri associated with maxillary sinusitis and cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis;Pseudotumor cerebral asociado a sinusitis maxilar y pleocitosis en líquido cefalorraquídeo

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-48

  Garcia Perez A ^a   Espino, M ^a   Barrio, A ^a   Echavarri F ^a   Bonet, B ^a   Bueno, M ^a   Yanguela J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benign intracranial hypertension; Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Infections; Maxillary sinusitis; Obesity; Pleocytosis; Pseudotumor cerebri

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; MAXILLARY SINUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETINA;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAXILLARY SINUS; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; PAPILLEDEMA; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; RETINA;

EID: 0034221293     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3101.99314     Document Type: Article

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