Arachnoid cyst rupture with subdural hygroma: Report of three cases and literature review

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 609-613

  Gelabert González, Miguel ^a   Fernández Villa, Juan ^a   Cutrín Prieto, Juan ^a   Garcìa Allut, Alfredo ^a   Martínez Rumbo, Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Head injury; Subdural hygroma

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST RUPTURE; DURA MATER; HUMAN; HYGROMA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CHILD; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RUPTURE; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036865485     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0651-7     Document Type: Article

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