Intracranial aneurysm and arachnoid cyst: A rare association between two cerebral malformations

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 406-410

  De Oliveira, J G ^a,b   Giudicissi Filho, M ^a   Rassi Neto, A ^a   Borba, L A B ^a   Rassi, M S ^a   Sanchez Jr , S L ^a   Ribeiro, C A A ^a   De Holanda, C V M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL BENEFICÊNCIA PORTUGUESA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Cerebral malformations; Incidental aneurysm; Intracranial aneurysm; Middle cranial fossa; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DURA MATER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MEDLINE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ARACHNOID CYSTS; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547673153     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690701466313     Document Type: Article

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