Giant cavernous malformation of the occipital lobe

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-153

  Chicani, Carlos Filipe ^a,b   Miller, Neil R ^a,c   Tamargo, Rafael J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OCCIPITAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0037642295     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041327-200306000-00010     Document Type: Article

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