Asymptomatic hypothalamic hamartoma associated with an arachnoid cyst - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 725-728

  Isaka, Toshihiko ^a   Nakatani, Susumu ^a   Yoshimine, Toshiki ^b   Akai, Fumiharu ^c   Taneda, Mamoru ^c  

^a OSAKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

arachnoid cyst; heterotopic neuroglial tissue; hypothalamic hamartoma; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HAMARTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0029855664     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.36.725     Document Type: Article

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