Subarachnoid hemorrhage and intracerebral hematoma following lumboperitoneal shunt for Pseudotumor cerebri: A rare complication

Neurology India

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 508-510

  Suri, A ^a   Pandey, P ^a   Mehta, V S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Benign intracranial hypertension; Intracerebral hematoma; Lumboperitoneal shunt; Pseudotumor cerebri; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; FUROSEMIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYDRIASIS; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; HEMATOMA; REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0036883382     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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