Cysticercosis of the cerebellopontine angle cistern mimicking epidermoid inclusion cyst

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 260-263

  Singh, S ^a   Gibikote, S V ^a   Bannur, U ^a   Chacko, G ^a   Korah, I P ^a   Rajshekhar, V ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebellopontine angle; Cysticercosis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYSTICERCOSIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIECTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMOID CYST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PONS ANGLE; SHUNT INFECTION; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 0032895635     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1999.tb07359.x     Document Type: Article

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