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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Main Authors: Charles André, Marco de O. Py, Paulo Niemeyer-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2003-09-01
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