Pathogenesis and diagnostic pitfalls of ventricular diverticula: Case report and review of the literature

Neurosurgery

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 209-212

  Jabaudon, Denis ^a   Charest, Dhany ^b   Porchet, François ^b   Adams, Christopher B T ^c   Milhorat, Thomas H ^c  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Atrial diverticulum; Colloid cyst; Hydrocephalus; Ventricular diverticulum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; COLLOID CYST; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTRUCTION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THIRD VENTRICLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0037234932     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200301000-00026     Document Type: Article

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