Endoscopic treatment of symptomatic septumn pellucidum cysts: With some preliminary observations on the ultrastructure of the cyst wall: Two technical case reports

Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1251-1257

  Lancon, John A ^a   Haines, Duane E ^a,b   Lewis, Adam I ^a   Parent, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyst; Endoscope; Septum pellucidum; Stereotaxy; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FENESTRATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; CHILD; CYSTS; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

EID: 0032703624     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199911000-00055     Document Type: Article

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