Acquired tonsillar herniation and syringomyelia after pleural effusion aspiration: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Scholsem, Martin ^a   Scholtes, Felix ^a   Belachew, Shibeshih ^a   Martin, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus avulsion; Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Cranial hypotension; Syringomyelia; Tonsillar herniation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASTIC SURGERY; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA; THORACOCENTESIS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DURA MATER; HERNIA; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; SUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DURA MATER; HEADACHE; HERNIA; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PLEURAL EFFUSION; SUCTION; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 49049109143     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000325884.05871.aa     Document Type: Article

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