Traumatic arteriovenous fistula of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery treated with endovascular coil embolization: Case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-260

  Liu, James K ^a   Decker, David ^b   Tenner, Michael S ^b   Couldwell, William T ^a   Chiles III, Bennie W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Guglielmi detachable coil embolization; Posterior inferior cerebellar artery; Skull base fracture; Wallenberg syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INJURY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL BONE; PATHOLOGY; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; SKULL FRACTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VASCULARIZATION; WALLENBERG SYNDROME;

EID: 1342302825     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(03)00422-1     Document Type: Article

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