Massive intracranial hemorrhage associated with pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 220-223

  Yoshikawa, Gakushi ^a   Kawamoto, Shunsuke ^a   Yakou, Kyoko ^a   Tsutsumi, Kazuo ^a  

^a Showa General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intracranial hemorrhage; Leptomeningeal involvement; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; Pseudoaneurysm; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VASOSPASM; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; SEIZURE; SKULL DEFECT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 77950434382     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.50.220     Document Type: Article

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