Internal carotid plexus schwannoma of the cavernous sinus: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 435-439

  Türe, Uǧur ^a,b   Şeker, Aşkin ^a   Kurtkaya, Özlem ^a   Pamir, M Necmettin ^a   Bricolo, Albino ^c   Dolenc, Vinko V ^c   Adada, Badih ^c   Al Mefty, Ossama ^c  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Internal carotid plexus; Pterional extradural approach; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIAL NERVE; DIPLOPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEURILEMOMA; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 0037308414     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000044590.57487.CE     Document Type: Article

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