Paediatric dissecting posterior cerebral aneurysms: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Neuroradiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 541-548

  Vilela, Pedro ^a   Goulão, Augusto ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Children; Dissection; Embolization; Posterior cerebral artery; Spontaneous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746694699     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-006-0086-z     Document Type: Review

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