A case of middle cranial fossa meningioma extending into the infratemporal fossa: An approach to the pterygoid extension of the sphenoid sinus via the infratemporal fossa

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 643-648

  Nakaguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Suzuki, Ichiro ^a   Taniguchi, Makoto ^a   Kirino, Takaaki ^a   Ichimura, Keiichi ^a   Nibu, Kenichi ^a   Yamada, Atsushi ^b   Kajikawa, Akiyoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

infratemporal fossa; meningioma; sphenoid sinus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; POSTERIOR FOSSA; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL APPROACH; VIDIAN NERVE;

CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SKULL NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID SINUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030011224     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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