Huge arachnoid cyst of the posterior fossa with cerebellar tentorium dysplasia associated with juvenile polyposis

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 253-257

  Sugata, Sei ^a   Niiro, Masaki ^a   Tanioka, Kouji ^a   Yano, Tsunehiro ^a   Kuratsu, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Dandy Walker malformation; Juvenile polyposis; Posterior fossa

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ANEMIA; ANTERIOR FONTANEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RESECTION; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; CRANIAL SINUS; CYSTOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; INFANT; JUVENILE POLYP; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PLASTICITY; POLYPOSIS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SHUNTING; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037265594     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069819     Document Type: Article

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