Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging demonstrating intraventricular rupture of a cerebral abscess and subsequent therapeutic response

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 526-530

  Engh, Johnathan A ^a   Mintz, Arlan ^a   Kassam, Amin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral abscess; Diffusion weighted imaging; Intraventricular rupture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; STEROID;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; STEREOTACTIC ASPIRATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VEIN RUPTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 53949100857     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.07.083     Document Type: Article

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