EMBOLIC BACTERIAL ANEURYSM OF THE BASILAR ARTERY - CASE-REPORT

Authors
ROBERTS G ALLCUTT D FARRELL M
Citation
G. Roberts et al., EMBOLIC BACTERIAL ANEURYSM OF THE BASILAR ARTERY - CASE-REPORT, British journal of neurosurgery, 12(5), 1998, pp. 440-444
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Surgery
Journal title
British journal of neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
02688697
Volume
12
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
440 - 444
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-8697(1998)12:5<440:EBAOTB>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A patient with basilar artery rupture caused by a septic embolus origi nating from a mitral valve vegetation is reported. The pathogenesis, i nvestigation and management of infected cerebral aneurysms are reviewe d.