FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY AFTER TRAUMATIC TRANSTENTORIAL HERNIATION
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Transtentorial herniation after unilateral infarction of the anterior cerebral artery.
BACKGROUND Fatal cerebral herniation is a common complication of large ("malignant") middle cerebral artery infarcts but has not been reported in unilateral anterior cerebral artery (ACA) infarction. CASE DESCRIPTION We report a 47-year-old woman who developed an acute left hemiparesis during an attack of migraine. Cranial CT (CCT) was normal but demonstrated narrow external cerebrospinal flu...
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Fig . 1.A, Shallow oblique view of lumbar spine (about 10° of rotation) on anteroposterior fluoroscopy demonstrates borders of "third pedicle ": inferior margin of superior lamina (short arrow). superior margin of inferior lamina (long arrow) , and cortical margins of spinous process and pedicle (arrowheads). B, Using "third pedicle" as target , spinal needle is passed parallel to central fluor...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neurosurgery
سال: 1992
ISSN: 1524-4040,0148-396X
DOI: 10.1227/00006123-199203000-00035