Ruptured aneurysm at the choroidal branch of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery: A case report and review of the literature

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 540-544

  Horie, Nobutaka ^a   Takahashi, Nobuaki ^b   Furuichi, Shoji ^b   Mori, Katsuharu ^b   Onizuka, Masanari ^a   Tsutsumi, Keisuke ^a   Shibata, Shobu ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukuoka Kinen Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Choroidal artery; Communicating artery; Distal posterior inferior cerebellar artery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; VOMITING;

EID: 0344687489     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(03)00153-8     Document Type: Article

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