Giant cystic craniopharyngiomas with extension into the posterior fossa

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 138-142

  Buhl, Ralf ^a   Lang, Erhard W ^a   Barth, Harald ^a   Mehdorn, H Maximilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computerized; Craniopharyngioma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microsurgery; Posterior fossa tumors; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0034120537     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050480     Document Type: Article

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