Diffuse calvarial meningioma. Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 970-973

  Anegawa, Shigetaka ^a   Hayashi, Takashi ^a   Torigoe, Ryuichiro ^a   Furukawa, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calvarial meningioma; Dural hyperplasia; External decompression; Hyperostosis; Intracranial hypertension

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALVARIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MENINGIOMA; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL TUMOR;

EID: 0032926110     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.5.0970     Document Type: Article

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