Evolution of incidentally-discovered fusiform aneurysms of the vertebrobasilar arterial system: Neuroimaging features suggesting progressive aneurysm growth

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 523-527

  Yasui, T ^a   Komiyama, M ^a   Iwai, Y ^a   Yamanaka, K ^a   Nishikawa, M ^a   Morikawa, T ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dissection; Evolution; Fusiform aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LAMINAR FLOW; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THROMBOSIS; TURBULENT FLOW; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPISTAXIS; HEADACHE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC;

EID: 0035193109     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.41.523     Document Type: Article

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