Mycotic aneurysm and cerebral infarction resulting from fungal sinusitis: Imaging and pathologic correlation

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 858-863

  Hurst, Robert W ^a   Judkins, Alex ^a   Bolger, William ^a   Chu, Albert ^a   Loevner, Laurie A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPY; EPISTAXIS; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; SINUSITIS; SPHENOID SINUS;

AGED; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; ASPERGILLOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035039656     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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