Mycotic aneurysms as lethal complication of brain Pseudallescheriasis in a near-drowned child: A CT demonstration

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1697-1699

  Messori, Anna ^a   Lanza, Cecilia ^a   De Nicola, Maurizio ^a   Menichelli, Francesco ^a   Capriotti, Tiziana ^a   Morabito, Letterio ^a   Salvolini, Ugo ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NEAR DROWNING; PETRIELLIDIUM BOYDII; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; NEAR DROWNING; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036846853     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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