Herniation of the cerebellar tonsils after suprasellar arachnoid cyst shunt: Case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 64, Issue 2 B, 2006, Pages 523-525

  Mendonça, Rodrigo ^a   Fortes Lima, Telmo Tibúrcio ^a   Oppitz, Paulo Petry ^a   Raupp, Sérgio Fernando ^a  

^a Hospital Cristo Redentor   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Arnold Chiari malformation

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CRANIECTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNTING;

EID: 33747384602     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2006000300033     Document Type: Article

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