Asymptomatic massive subdural hematoma in a patient with bitemporal agenesis and bilateral temporal arachnoid cysts

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 324-326

  Ziaka, Dimitra S ^a   Kouyialis, Andreas T ^a,b   Boviatsis, Efstathios J ^a   Sakas, Damianos E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Glutaric aciduria; Migraine; Subdural haematoma; Temporal lobe agenesis

Indexed keywords

GLUTARIC ACID;

ADULT; AGENESIS; ANAMNESIS; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; MIGRAINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41949139175     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181646a5c     Document Type: Article

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