Intracavernous teratoma in a school-aged child

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 135-139

  Becherer, Thomas A ^a,b   Davis, Daron G ^a   Hodes, Jonathan E ^a   Warf, Benjamin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERATOMA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CAVERNOUS SINUS; CHILD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TERATOMA; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0033066613     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028781     Document Type: Article

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