Giant PICA aneurysm presenting as intractable hiccups

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 945-946

  Gambhir, Shanu ^a   Singh, Amardeep ^a   Maindiratta, Bhavna ^a   Jaeger, Matthias ^a   Darwish, Balsam ^a   Sheridan, Mark ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aneursym; Intractable hiccups; Posterior fossa; Posterior inferior cerebellar artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HICCUP; HUMAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEREBELLUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HICCUP; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952545763     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.09.046     Document Type: Article

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