Fatal intratumoral hemorrhage in posterior fossa tumors following ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 135-137

  Santhanam, R ^a   Balasubramaniam, Anandh ^a   Chandramouli, B A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Intratumoral hemorrhage; Posterior fossa tumors; Shunt complications; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; ATAXIA; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRATUMORAL HEMORRHAGE; MORBIDITY; NECK PAIN; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VOMITING;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 56949090274     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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