A case of a ruptured dermoid cyst in the sylvian fissure

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1197-1201

  Shinoyama, Mizuya ^a   Kajiwara, Koji ^a   Hailada, Katsumi ^a   Ideguchi, Makoto ^a   Akimura, Tatsuo ^a   Nishizaki, Takafumi ^a   Suzuki, Michiyasu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermoid cyst; Rupture; Sylvian fissure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TERATOMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DERMOID CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036847646     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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