Ectopic choroid plexus within a juvenile arachnoid cyst of the cerebellopontine angle: Cause of cyst formation or reason of cyst growth

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 73-76

  Schuhmann, Martin U ^a   Tatagiba, Marcos ^b   Hader, Claudia ^b   Brandis, Almuth ^b   Samii, Madjid ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Cerebellopontine angle; Ectopic choroid plexus; Microneurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHOROID PLEXUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ECTOPIC TISSUE; HUMAN; MALE; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034129398     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028902     Document Type: Article

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