Interhemispheric arachnoid cyst in the elderly: Case report and review of the literature

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-74

  Yamasaki, Fumiyuki ^a,b   Kodama, Yasunori ^a,c   Hotta, Takuhiro ^a   Taniguchi, Eiji ^a   Eguchi, Kuniki ^a,b   Yoshioka, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Arita, Kazunori ^b   Kurisu, Kaoru ^b  

^a National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c National Hiroshima Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agenesis of corpus callosum; Arachnoid cyst; Interhemispheric fissure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGENESIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE;

EID: 0037217724     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(02)00876-5     Document Type: Article

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