Asymptomatic spontaneous rupture of suprasellar dermoid cyst: A case report

Neurology India

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 480-483

  Venkatesh, S K ^a   Phadke, R V ^a   Trivedi, P ^a   Bannerji, D ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Dermoid; Rupture; Suprasellar

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; CYST RUPTURE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAIR FOLLICLE; HEADACHE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SELLA TURCICA; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TERATOMA; VISUAL DISORDER;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DERMOID CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SELLA TURCICA; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 0037005414     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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