Acute haemorrhage into a microcystic meningioma leading to cerebral herniation

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 260-264

  Sakowitz, O W ^a   Harting, I ^a   Kohlhof, P ^a   Unterberg, A W ^a   Steiner, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Herniation; Intratumoural haemorrhage; Low grade meningioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENCEPHALOMENINGOCELE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BLEEDING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ENCEPHALOCELE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32344449829     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690500208734     Document Type: Article

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