Adult aqueductal stenosis presenting as a thunderclap headache: A case report

Cephalalgia

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1171-1173

  Mucchiut, M ^a   Valentinis, L ^a   Tuniz, F ^a   Zanotti, B ^a   Skrap, M ^a   Bergonzi, P ^a   Zanchin, G ^b  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aqueductal stenosis; Cine phase contrast MRI; Thunderclap headache

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; KETOROLAC; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THUNDERCLAP HEADACHE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THIRD VENTRICLE; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 34748853158     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2007.01379.x     Document Type: Article

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