Spontaneous thrombosis of a fusiform aneurysm arising from the distal posterior cerebral artery: Case report

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-193

  Kondo, Akihiko ^a   Yasuhara, Takao ^a   Sugiu, Kenji ^a   Ohmoto, Takashi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fusiform aneurysm; Parietooccipital artery; Spontaneous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC LOBE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; THROMBOSIS;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037321073     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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