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1: Neurochirurgia (Stuttg). 1990 Jan;33(1):22-5.Links

[Basal ganglion bleeding after the surgical decompression of the craniovertebral junction]

[Article in German]

Jamjoom ZB.

Division of Neurosurgery, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh.

A case of postoperative haemorrhage into the basal ganglia following decompression of the craniovertebral junction in a 35-year-old patient is presented. Similar cases in the literature of intracerebral bleeding remote from the site of surgery are reviewed and the possible pathogenesis of this unusual complication discussed.

PMID: 2406632 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]