Symptomatic intraspinal pneumocoele resulting from closed head injury

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 248-249

  Yousaf, I ^a   Flynn, P ^a   McConnell, R ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head injury; Intraspinal pneumocele; Pneumocephalus; Radicular symptoms

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OTORRHEA; OXYGENATION; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMATOCELE; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHOULDER PAIN; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AIR; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CYSTS; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; RADICULOPATHY; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0042912739     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0268869031000153143     Document Type: Article

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