Posterior fossa aneurysms simulating tumours
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Posterior fossa aneurysms simulating tumours.
Seven cases of aneurysm of the vertebral and basilar arteries, in which the clinical features suggested a diagnosis of posterior fossa tumour, are presented. Their clinical manifestations and the difficulties of diagnosis are discussed. These lesions may mimic cerebellopontine angle tumours or brain-stem gliomas, or, less commonly, the picture is one of a compressive lesion at the foramen magnu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1974
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.37.2.218