Cerebral venous angioma of the pons complicated by nonhemorrhagic infarction: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 690-693

  Peltier, Johann ^a   Toussaint, Patrick ^a   Desenclos, Christine ^a   Le Gars, Daniel ^a   Deramond, Herve ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Spontaneous thrombosis; Venous angioma; Venous infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VEIN; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PONS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VENOUS ANGIOMA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PONS;

EID: 7944237689     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.101.4.0690     Document Type: Article

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