Trans-sphenoidal and sphenoethmoidal encephalocele: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 220-224

  Koral, Korgün ^a,c   Geffner, Mitchell E ^b   Curran, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal; Encephalocele; Sphenoethmoidal; Trans sphenoidal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALOCELE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHENOID; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ENCEPHALOCELE; ETHMOID BONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 0034038451     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2000.00788.x     Document Type: Article

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