Posttraumatic pseudotumor cerebri in a 4-year-old female

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 460-463

  Nelson, Kristen ^a   Ward, Kenneth ^a   Narang, Anuj Steve ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dural sinus thrombosis; Posttraumatic pseudotumor cerebri

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; URINE VOLUME; VOMITING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAPILLEDEMA; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; VOMITING;

EID: 3242696816     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000132219.50352.e9     Document Type: Article

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