Sylvian fissure lipomas: Case reports and review of the literature

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 386-388

  Sarioglu A C ^a   Kaynar, Mehmet Yaşar ^a,b   Hanci, M ^a   Uzan, M ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Intracranial lipoma; Surgery; Sylvian fissure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOMA; MICROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEREBRAL VEINS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032815018     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699943493     Document Type: Article

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