Transient choroid plexus cysts and benign asymmetrical ventricles: A case suggesting a possible link: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 213-215

  Heilman, Carl B ^a   Zerris, Vasilios A ^a   Grossman, Robert G ^a   Milhorat, Thomas H ^a   Friedman, Allan H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Asymmetrical ventricles; Choroid plexus cyst; Epithelium lined cyst; Intraventricular tumor; Lateral ventricle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN ASYMMETRICAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0037236808     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200301000-00027     Document Type: Article

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