Persistent falcine sinus associated with obstruction of the superior sagittal sinus caused by meningioma - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 83-84

  Kashimura, Hiroshi ^a   Arai, Hiroshi ^a   Ogasawara, Kuniaki ^a   Ogawa, Akira ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meningioma; Persistent falcine sinus; Superior sagittal sinus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; FEMALE; GALEN VEIN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS OBSTRUCTION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

AGED; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CRANIAL SINUSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA;

EID: 33847633069     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.47.83     Document Type: Article

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