The relationship between occlusive hyperemia and complications associated with the radiosurgical treatment of arteriovenous malformations: Report of two cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 228-233

  Chapman, Paul H ^a,b   Ogilvy, Christopher S ^a   Loeffler, Jay S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Cerebral veins; Complications; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VEIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; NEURORADIOLOGY; OCCLUSIVE HYPEREMIA; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIOSURGERY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 3042743600     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000126950.67029.f8     Document Type: Article

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