Brainstem compression from a trigeminal schwannoma presenting with pathological crying

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 322-324

  Bhaskar, Ivan Paul ^a   Chacko, Ari George ^a   Daniel, Roy Thomas ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Brainstem compression; Pathological crying; Trigeminal schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MENTAL DISEASE; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL CRYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

BRAIN STEM; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; CRYING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 38949183930     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.06.022     Document Type: Article

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