Pathological crying as a manifestation of spontaneous haemorrhage in a pontine cavernous haemangioma

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 662-663

  Maheshwari, Shradha ^a   Figueiredo, Antonio ^a   Goel, Atul ^a,b  

^a LILAVATI HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Brainstem cavernoma; Haemorrhage; Pathological crying

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL CRYING; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CRYING; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950300179     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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