Spontaneous resolution of acquired tonsillar herniation caused by isolated cerebellar tonsil inflammation: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Shokouhi, Ghaffar ^a   Naghili, Behrooz ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Epstein Barr virus; Spontaneous resolution; Tonsillar herniation

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HEADACHE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTIGO; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERNIA; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 18244382082     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000158200.10532.84     Document Type: Article

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