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Postoperative Ophthalmic Artery Pseudoaneurysm Presenting as Monocular Blindness

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden

    Sandro Rossitti MD, PhD, Patrick Vigren & Jan Hillman

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Högland Hospital, Eksjö, Sweden

    Renata Radzinska

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, 58185, Linköping, Sweden

    Sandro Rossitti MD, PhD

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Rossitti, S., Radzinska, R., Vigren, P. et al. Postoperative Ophthalmic Artery Pseudoaneurysm Presenting as Monocular Blindness. Clin Neuroradiol 19, 230–234 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-009-9003-2

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