Depressed skull fracture overlying the superior sagittal sinus causing benign intracranial hypertension. Description of two cases and review of the literature

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 438-442

  Fuentes, S ^a   Metellus, P ^a   Levrier, O ^a   Adetchessi, T ^a   Dufour, H ^a   Grisoli, F ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Benign intracranial hypertension; Depressed skull fracture; Venous sinus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PATIENT MONITORING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL FRACTURE; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CRANIAL SINUSES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; SKULL FRACTURE, DEPRESSED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 32344450761     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690500390193     Document Type: Review

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