Pneumocephalus secondary to a posterior fossa epidermoid tumor

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 386-387

  Brousseau, Valerie Julie ^a,b   Zeitouni, Anthony G ^a,b,d   Zakhary, Krystina ^a,b   Leblanc, Richard ^a,c  

^a McGill University ^*

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASTOID; MASTOIDECTOMY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; SCOTOMA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 1842529442     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2003.08.007     Document Type: Article

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