Cystic malformations of the posterior cranial fossa originating from a defect of the posterior membranous area. Mega cisterna magna and persisting Blake's pouch: Two separate entities

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 303-308

  Tortori Donati, Paolo ^a   Fondelli, Maria Paola ^a   Rossi, Andrea ^a   Carini, Santino ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

brain, malformations; cerebellum; magnetic resonance imaging; pediatric neuroradiology; posterior fossa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLASSIFICATION; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; EMBRYO; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMAN; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CISTERNA MAGNA; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CYSTS; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0029889271     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00301017     Document Type: Article

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