Transverse venous sinus stent placement as treatment for benign intracranial hypertension in a young male. Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2005, Pages 342-346

  Rajpal, Sharad ^a   Niemann, David B ^a   Turk, Aquilla S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign intracranial hypertension; Endovascular; Pediatric neurosurgery; Pseudotumor cerebri; Stent; Venous sinus

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EYE EXAMINATION; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; SINUS VENOSUS; STENT; VISUAL DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPILLEDEMA; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; VASCULAR PATENCY; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAPILLEDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR PATENCY; VENOUS PRESSURE; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 18744415457     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.2.0342     Document Type: Review

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