Optochiasmal arachnoiditis following cotton wrapping of anterior communicating artery aneurysm treated by surgical removal of granuloma

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 254-257

  Fujimura, Miki ^a,b   Nishijima, Michiharu ^a   Umezawa, Kunihiko ^a   Hayashi, Toshiaki ^a,b   Mino, Yoshiki ^a   Sakuraba, Tomomi ^a   Midorikawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a AOMORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior communicating artery aneurysm; Cotton wrapping; Foreign body granuloma; Optochiasmal arachnoiditis

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COTTON; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC TRACT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0037345981     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(02)00303-X     Document Type: Article

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