Giant arachnoid granulation: Differential diagnosis of acute headache

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Peters, S A ^a   Frombach, E ^a   Heyer, C M ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Giant arachnoid granulation; Headache; Multidetector computer tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARACHNOID; BRAIN DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548666772     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01823.x     Document Type: Article

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