Anterior communicating artery aneurysm following radiation therapy for optic glioma: Report of a case and review of the literature

Skull Base

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 169-173

  Yucesoy, Kemal ^a   Feiz Erfan, Iman ^b   Spetzler, Robert F ^b   Han, Patrick P ^b   Coons, Stephen ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracranial aneurysm; Optic glioma; Radiation therapy; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM CLIP; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FATALITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION INJURY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 4644237697     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-832263     Document Type: Article

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