The next extreme sport? Subdural haematoma in a patient with arachnoid cyst after head shaking competition

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-113

  Hopkin, J ^a   Mamourian, A ^a   Lollis, S ^a   Duhaime, T ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Congenital intracranial cysts; Subdural haematoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PAPILLEDEMA; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; VOMITING;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; HEAD; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, ACUTE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MOVEMENT;

EID: 33745072755     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690600682671     Document Type: Article

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