Spontaneous pneumocephalus presenting with alien limb phenomena

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 733-736

  Nash, R ^a   Wilson, M ^a   Adams, M ^a   Kitchen, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alien Hand Syndromes; Gas; Intracranial; Pneumocephalus; Tension

Indexed keywords

ALIEN LIMB SYNDROME; ASPIRATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LIMB DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOCEPHALUS;

ADULT; ALIEN HAND SYNDROME; BONE DISEASES; CRANIOTOMY; ETHMOID BONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY;

EID: 84862583918     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002221511200093X     Document Type: Review

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