Massive rupture of suprasellar dermoid cyst into ventricles

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 963-

  Cohen, José E ^a,b   Abdallah, Juan A ^a,b   Garrote, Miguel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b Dorrego 851 ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Dermoid tumor; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rupture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; CYST RUPTURE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; TERATOMA;

ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CHOLESTEROL; DERMOID CYST; HUMANS; KERATINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030725950     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.87.6.0963     Document Type: Article

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