Isolated cerebellar edema and obstructive hydrocephalus in a child with cerebral malaria

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 908-911

  Saavedra Lozano, Jesús ^a,b   Booth, Timothy N ^a,b   Weprin, Bradley E ^a,b   Ramilo, Octavio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar edema; Cerebral malaria; Hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; QUINIDINE; QUININE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN MALARIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEXAMETHASONE; DRAINAGE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; INFANT; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034823320     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200109000-00017     Document Type: Article

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