Spontaneous pneumocephalus caused by the association of pneumosinus dilatans and meningioma. Case illustration

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Disciplines :

Neurology
Surgery

Author, co-author :

Scholsem, Martin; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Department of Neurosurgery

Collignon, Frederic; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Department of Neurosurgery

Deprez, Manuel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Anatomie et cytologie pathologiques

Martin, Didier ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Neurochirurgie

Language :

English

Title :

Spontaneous pneumocephalus caused by the association of pneumosinus dilatans and meningioma. Case illustration

Publication date :

2006

Journal title :

Journal of Neurosurgery

ISSN :

0022-3085

eISSN :

1933-0693

Publisher :

American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Charlottesville, United States - Virginia

Volume :

105

Issue :

Pages :

934

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

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