Clinoidal meningioma arising from falciforme process of optic canal: Case report and review

Neurological Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-240

  Hara, Akira ^a   Sakai, Noboru ^a   Yamada, Hiromu ^a   Iwata, Tatsuo ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Gifu Pref Gero Hot Spring Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinoidal meningioma; falciforme process; MR image; optic tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC TRACT; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0029787418     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1996.11740411     Document Type: Article

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