Sphenoethmoidal encephalocele: A case report

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 329-333

  Acherman, D S ^a   Bosman, D K ^b   Van der Horst, C M A M ^b,c  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Sphenoethmoidal encephalocele; Transpalatal approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENCEPHALOCELE; ETHMOID BONE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHENOID; SURGICAL APPROACH;

CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; ENCEPHALOCELE; ETHMOID BONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTELORISM; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 0037904668     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(2003)040<0329:SEACR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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