Cavernous haemangioma of the pineal region

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 678-683

  Lombardi, D ^a   Scheithauer, B W ^b   Villani, R M ^a   Giovanelli, M ^a   De Tribolet, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cavernous angioma; Pineal region

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SHUNTING; VEIN MALFORMATION;

EID: 0029796329     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01411472     Document Type: Article

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