Microsurgical excision of a pontomedullary epidermoid cyst with prepontine extension: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 579-583

  Malcolm, George P ^a   Gibson, Rod ^a   Ironside, James W ^a   Whittle, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Epidermoid cyst; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDERMOID CYST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; EPIDERMAL CYST; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSURGERY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PONS;

EID: 0030025318     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199603000-00032     Document Type: Article

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