Temporal fossa arachnoid cyst presenting with bilateral subdural hematoma following trauma: Two case reports

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Pillai, Promod ^a   Menon, Sajesh K ^b   Manjooran, Raju P ^b   Kariyattil, Rajiv ^b   Pillai, Ashok B ^b   Panikar, Dilip ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; CASE REPORT; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYGROMA; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TEMPORAL BONE TUMOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

EID: 61649125642     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-3-53     Document Type: Article

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