Cerebral leukoencephalopathy with calcifications and cysts operated for signs of increased intracranial pressure: case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-181

  Daglioglu, Ergun ^a   Ergungor, Fikret ^a   Hatipoglu, Hatice Gul ^a   Okay, Onder ^a   Dalgic, Ali ^a   Orhan, Gurdal ^a   Unal, Tuba ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebral calcification; Fahr disease; Leukoencephalopathy; Posterior fossa; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67650086960     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2008.02.042     Document Type: Article

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