Spontaneous disappearance of two asymptomatic arachnoid cysts in two different locations

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 110-112

  Cokluk C ^a   Senel A ^a   Celik F ^a   Ergur H ^b  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Academia Magnetic Resonance Centre   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cysts; Asymptomatic arachnoid cysts; Cerebral convexity; Spontaneous disappearance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BREATHING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPORT; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0038655320     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-39337     Document Type: Article

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