Magnetic resonance appearance of multiple intracranial epidermoid cysts: Intrathecal seeding of the cysts? Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 711-714

  Miyagi, Yasushi ^a   Suzuki, Satoshi O ^b   Iwaki, Toru ^b   Ishido, Katsuya ^b   Araki, Takehisa ^b   Kamikaseda, Kazufumi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dissemination; Multiple epidermoid cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; EPIDERMOID CYST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034109788     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.92.4.0711     Document Type: Article

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