Distal anterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm masquerading as a cerebellopontine angle tumor: Case report and review of literature

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Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-106

  Sarkar, Atom ^a   Link, Michael J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Anterior inferior cerebellar artery; Peripheral vascular aneurysms; Polyarteritis nodosa

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GADOLINIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CELIAC ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GASTRODUODENAL ARTERY; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY ANEURYSM; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBECTOMY; TIBIAL ARTERY; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

EID: 3042616102     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-828703     Document Type: Article

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