Treatment and diagnosis of middle fossa arachnoid cyst: Ventriculofiberscopy and cine-MRI

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 613-620

  Kamikawa, Shuji ^a   Kuwamura, Keiichi ^c   Tamaki, Norihiko ^b  

^a HYOGO PREFECTURAL AWAJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Cine MRI; Minimally invasive neurosurgery; Neuroendoscopy; Ventriculofiberscope

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CHILD; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPES; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 0031854123     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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