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Foreign body reaction to rubber Torkildsen catheters: a report of two cases.

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Rossitch, E; Friedman, AH; Bullard, DE
Published in: Neurosurgery
November 1985

Two patients came to clinical attention because of foreign body reactions to rubber catheters. In one patient, the reaction presented as multiple levels of aseptic meningitis and, in the second patient, the reaction caused an intracranial mass with localized neurological dysfunction.

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Published In

Neurosurgery

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ISSN

0148-396X

Publication Date

November 1985

Volume

17

Issue

5

Start / End Page

838 / 842

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Rubber
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Meningitis, Aseptic
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Foreign-Body Reaction
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
 

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Rossitch, E., Friedman, A. H., & Bullard, D. E. (1985). Foreign body reaction to rubber Torkildsen catheters: a report of two cases. Neurosurgery, 17(5), 838–842. https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-198511000-00021
Rossitch, E., A. H. Friedman, and D. E. Bullard. “Foreign body reaction to rubber Torkildsen catheters: a report of two cases.Neurosurgery 17, no. 5 (November 1985): 838–42. https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-198511000-00021.
Rossitch E, Friedman AH, Bullard DE. Foreign body reaction to rubber Torkildsen catheters: a report of two cases. Neurosurgery. 1985 Nov;17(5):838–42.
Rossitch, E., et al. “Foreign body reaction to rubber Torkildsen catheters: a report of two cases.Neurosurgery, vol. 17, no. 5, Nov. 1985, pp. 838–42. Pubmed, doi:10.1227/00006123-198511000-00021.
Rossitch E, Friedman AH, Bullard DE. Foreign body reaction to rubber Torkildsen catheters: a report of two cases. Neurosurgery. 1985 Nov;17(5):838–842.
Journal cover image

Published In

Neurosurgery

DOI

ISSN

0148-396X

Publication Date

November 1985

Volume

17

Issue

5

Start / End Page

838 / 842

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Rubber
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Meningitis, Aseptic
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Foreign-Body Reaction
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts