Atypical presentation of an extradural hematoma on the grounds of a temporal arachnoid cyst

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-228

  Boviatsis, E J ^a   Maratheftis, N L ^a   Kouyialis, A T ^a   Sakas, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Extradural hematoma; Head injury; Middle cranial fossa; Temporal lobe agenesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0038013672     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(03)00022-2     Document Type: Article

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