Hypothesis about the physiopathology of acute deterioration and sudden death caused by colloid cysts of the third ventricle

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1014-1017

  Hamlat, Abderrahmane ^a   Pasqualini, Eduardo ^b   Askar, Brahim ^c  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (Argentina)

^c Hopital Central de l'Armee   (Algeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VEIN; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COLLOID CYST; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; TUMOR VOLUME; VENOUS STASIS;

EID: 7044285992     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.04.020     Document Type: Article

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