Benign nonmeningeal tumors of the cavernous sinus

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 949-955

  Eisenberg, Mark B ^a,d   Al Mefty, Ossama ^b   DeMonte, Franco ^c   Burson, G Tim ^b  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign tumors; Carotid artery; Cavernous sinus; Extraocular muscle function; Meningioma; Radical removal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN SURGERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE INJURY; FAT EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MENINGIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNTING;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CHILD; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL NERVES; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEURILEMMOMA; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0032938406     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199905000-00008     Document Type: Article

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