Massive subarachnoid pneumocephalus after a stereotactic brain biopsy

Neurology India

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 640-641

  Goldschmidt, E ^a   Landriel, F ^a   Bendersky, D ^a   Ajler, P ^a   Ciraolo, C ^a   Carrizo, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ANKLE; APHASIA; B CELL CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE DURATION; DYSMETRIA; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; LIMB WEAKNESS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MASSIVE SUBARACHNOID PNEUMOCEPHALUS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY; THALAMUS; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80053398030     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.84362     Document Type: Letter

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