Tension Pneumocephalus after a Neuroendoscopic Procedure: Case Report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 205-208

  Hamada, Hideo ^a   Hayashi, Nakamasa ^a   Kurimoto, Masanori ^a   Umemura, Kimiko ^a   Hirashima, Yutaka ^a   Nogami, Kanehito ^b   Endo, Shunro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b Kamiichi General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complication; Neuroendoscope; Tension pneumocephalus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CALCIFICATION; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; TENSION PNEUMOCEPHALUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2442448359     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.44.205     Document Type: Article

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