Severe postoperative vasculitis of the central nervous system in a child with arteriovenous malformation: case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-321

  Abe, Tatsuya ^a   Maruyama, Takashi ^a   Nagai, Yasuyuki ^a   Kamida, Tohru ^a   Wakabayashi, Yukihiro ^a   Ishii, Keisuke ^a   Fujiki, Minoru ^a   Kobayashi, Hidenori ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Craniotomy; Progressive cerebral infarction; String of beads; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCHOOL CHILD; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 34548140130     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.10.023     Document Type: Article

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