Cavernous-venous malformation of brain stem - Report of a case and review of literature

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 280-285

  Chandra, P Sarat ^a   Manjari, T ^a   Chandramouli, Bangalore A ^a   Jayakumar, P N ^a   Shankar, S K ^a  

^a Departments of Neurosurgery   (India)

Author keywords

Angioma; Brain stem; Cavernous malformation; Developmental venous anomalies; Mixed malformations; Venous malformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VEIN MALFORMATION; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; CAVERNOUS SINUS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032849002     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(99)00079-8     Document Type: Article

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