Successful surgical treatment of a thalamic hydatid cyst with contralateral transcallosal approach. Case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 96-99

  Kurtsoy, Ali ^a   Öktem, I Suat ^a   Koç, R Kemal ^a   Akdemir, Hidayet ^a   Menkü, Ahmet ^a   Tucer, Bülent ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Contralateral transcallosal approach; Echinococcosis; Hydatid cyst

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032752099     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028840     Document Type: Article

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