A case of foramen magnum meningioma in which case enhanced three- dimensional CT scan was valuable for preoperative evaluation of the surgical approach

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 641-645

  Kanai, Makoto ^a   Kawano, Kazuhiko ^a   Uehara, Sadao ^a  

^a Izumi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foramen magnum; Meningioma; Three dimensional CT scan; Transcondylar approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030792786     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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