Free-lying ectopic meningioma within the orbit

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 560-563

  Arai, H ^a   Sato, K ^a   Matsumoto, T ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ectopic meningioma; Intraorbital tumour; Meningioma; Orbit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; ORBIT; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031457215     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699745736     Document Type: Article

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