Laceration of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery by suboccipital puncture of the cisterna magna: Case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 62, Issue 3 B, 2004, Pages 882-884

  Portela, Luiz Antonio Pezzi ^a   Souza, Valéria ^a   Pahl, Fèlix Hendrick ^a   Cardoso, Alberto Cappel ^a   Vellutini, Eduardo De Arnaldo Silva ^a   Mutarelli, Eduardo Genaro ^a   Machado, Luis Dos Ramos ^a   Livramento, José Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ALEMÃO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angiogram; CSF; Laceration; Posterior inferior cerebellar artery; Pseudoaneurysm; Suboccipital puncture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CISTERNA MAGNA; CISTERNA MAGNA PUNCTURE; CLIP; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DECEREBRATION; DROWSINESS; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LACERATION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESTHESIA; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBOCCIPITAL PUNCTURE; VOMITING;

EID: 5444250381     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2004000500028     Document Type: Article

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