Epithelial Cyst in the Cerebellopontine Angle: —Case Report—

Neurologia medico-chirurgica

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 251-254

  Nakagawa, Yoshio ^a   Suzuki, Kenzo ^a   Tatebe, Atsushi ^b   Andachi, Hiromu ^b  

^a Departments of Neurosurgery   (Japan)

^b MATSUSHITA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

cerebellopontine; enterogenous cyst; epithelial cyst

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; CYST FLUID; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PONS ANGLE;

ADULT; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CYSTS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029986621     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.36.251     Document Type: Article

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