Enlarging vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia with subarachnoid hemorrhage heralded by recurrent ischemia: Case illustration

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 504-

  Flemming, Kelly D ^a   Josephs, Keith ^a   Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^a,b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Cerebellar stroke; Fusiform aneurysm; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0342545876     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.92.3.0504     Document Type: Article

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