Diplopia and headaches associated with cerebellopontine angle arachnoid cyst

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 915-917

  Eslick, Guy D ^a   Chalasani, Venu ^b   Seex, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cysts; Cerebellopontine angle; Diplopia; Headache

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; CRANIOTOMY; DIPLOPIA; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PONS ANGLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; DIPLOPIA; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036918459     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.02594.x     Document Type: Article

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