Intracranial vascular lesions associated with small epidural hematomas

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 416-420

  De Andrade, Almir F ^a   Figueiredo, Eberval G ^a,b   Caldas, Jose G ^a   Paiva, Wellingson S ^a   De Amorim, Robson L O ^a   Puglia, Paulo ^a   Frudit, Michel ^a   Teixeira, Manoel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Embolization; Endovascular treatment; Epidural hematoma; Head injury; Middle meningeal artery; Pseudoaneurysm; Vascular injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR LESION; MALE; MENINGEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; TOPOGRAPHY; VASCULAR LESION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 41749125647     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000316008.11388.f2     Document Type: Article

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