RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Fatal cerebellar herniation secondary to Camurati-Englemann's disease.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 1349
OP 1352
DO 10.1136/jnnp.51.10.1349
VO 51
IS 10
A1 R K Simpson, Jr
A1 D K Fischer
A1 G K Gall
A1 J E Rose
YR 1988
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/51/10/1349.abstract
AB Suboccipital craniotomy and cervical laminectomy were performed in a patient with Camurati-Englemann's disease to relieve symptoms of medullary compression. In spite of surgical decompression, the patient expired on the fourth postoperative day from cerebellar herniation.