Fenestrated oculomotor nerve caused by meningioma around the cavernous sinus: A surgical pitfall in tumor removal

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 395-397

  Tsutsumi, Kazuo ^a   Ohno, Hiroyasu ^b   Okada, Yoshihumi ^b   Fujimaki, Takamitsu ^b   Kirino, Takaaki ^b  

^a Central Aizu General Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fenestration; Meningioma; Oculomotor nerve

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NERVE INJURY; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; CAVERNOUS SINUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; REOPERATION;

EID: 0032905027     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199902000-00089     Document Type: Article

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