Spinal cord astrocytoma presenting as "idiopathic" intracranial hypertension

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 787-789

  Porter, Alyx ^a   Lyons, Mark K ^b   Wingerchuk, Dean M ^b   Bosch, E Peter ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Increased intracranial pressure; Papilledema; Pseudotumor cerebri; Spinal cord astrocytoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SHUNTING; SPINAL CORD ASTROCYTOMA; SPINAL CORD BIOPSY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BIOPSY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAPILLEDEMA; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 33750703622     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2005.10.007     Document Type: Article

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