Delayed absence seizure: A complication of intrathecal fluorescein injection. A case report and literature review

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 515-518

  Anari, Shahram ^a   Waldron, Murray ^b   Carrie, Sean ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amitriptyline; Convulsion; CSF leak; Intrathecal fluorescein; Rhinorrhoea

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; FLUORESCEIN; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ABSENCE SEIZURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CISTERNOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVULSION; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NEUROSURGERY; SEIZURE;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CONTRAST MEDIA; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; ETHMOID BONE; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKULL BASE;

EID: 35349004057     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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