Psychosis-like syndrome associated with intermittent intracranial hypertension caused by a large arachnoid cyst of the left temporal lobe

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 156-159

  Vakis, Antonis ^a   Koutentakis, Dimitris ^a   Karabetsos, Dimitris ^a,b   Kalostos, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Epidural catheter; ICP measurements; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTEOPERITONEAL SHUNT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33745684477     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690600776986     Document Type: Article

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