Surgical treatment of epidermoid cysts of the cerebellopontine angle

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-19

  Samii, Madjid ^a   Tatagiba, Marcos ^a   Piquer, Jose ^a   Carvalho, Gustavo A ^a  

^a NORDSTADT HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

cerebellopontine angle; epidermoid cyst; magnetic resonance imaging; recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDERMOID CYST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030029656     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.1.0014     Document Type: Article

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