Temporal muscle haematoma as a cause of suboptimal haemicraniectomy: case report
OBJECTIVE: To call attention to an unusual complication of decompressive haemicraniectomy in the treatment of malignant haemispheric infarction. METHOD: We describe a case in which partial decompression occurred despite large craniectomy. Complete decompression followed resection of the temporal mus...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
2003-09-01
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Series: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2003000400030&tlng=en |