Dorsal brain stem lipomas: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1031-1035

  Baeesa, Saleh S ^a   Higgins, Michael J ^a   Ventureyra, Enrique C G ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Cisterna magna; Intracranial lipoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Quadrigeminal cistern; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CISTERNA MAGNA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPOMA; MICROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM; CISTERNA MAGNA; CORPORA QUADRIGEMINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSURGERY; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0029865146     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199605000-00035     Document Type: Article

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