Subarachnoid hemorrhage as a result of fungal aneurysm at the posterior communicating artery associated with occlusion of the internal carotid artery: Case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 261-265

  Ishikawa, Tatsuya ^a,b   Kazumata, Ken ^a   Ni iya, Yoshimasa ^a   Kamiyama, Hiroyasu ^a   Andoh, Masakatsu ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fungal aneurysm; STA MCA bypass; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; LYMPHOMA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; ONSET AGE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; NEUROASPERGILLOSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0036763564     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(02)00839-X     Document Type: Article

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