Acute hemicerebellitis with obstructive hydrocephalus in a young adult

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 75, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 726-730

  Roldan, Hector ^a   Garcia Conde, Mario ^a   Ginoves Sierra, Mariano ^a   Rodriguez, Rosa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hemicerebellitis; Hydrocephalus; Infection; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFOTAXIME; DEXAMETHASONE; MANNITOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEMICEREBELLITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; DEXAMETHASONE; DRAINAGE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGES; MENINGITIS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79959754030     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.10.040     Document Type: Review

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