Laceration of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery by suboccipital puncture of the cisterna magna: case report Laceração da artéria cerebelar póstero-inferior causada por punção suboccipital: relato de caso

We report the case of a 27 year old man who presented to the emergency room of a hospital with headache, vomiting and an episode of loss of conciousness. A cranial CT scan was normal and the patient discharged. Ten hours later he came to the emergency room of our hospital with the same complaints. A...

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Main Authors: Luiz Antonio Pezzi Portela, Valéria Souza, Félix Hendrick Pahl, Alberto Cappel Cardoso, Eduardo de Arnaldo Silva Vellutini, Eduardo Genaro Mutarelli, Luis dos Ramos Machado, José Antonio Livramento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2004-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
LCR
CSF
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2004000500028