A case of abdominal CSF pseudocyst associated with silicone allergy

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 761-764

  Hashimoto, Masanori ^a   Yokota, Akira ^a   Urasaki, Eiichirou ^a   Tsujigami, Shuhji ^a   Shimono, Masayuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal CSF pseudocyst; Silicone allergy; V P shunt

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PREDNISOLONE; SILICONE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST;

ABDOMEN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CYSTS; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; SILICON; STAINING AND LABELING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 5744238389     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0904-0     Document Type: Article

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