Mucocele of the anterior clinoid process: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 376-378

  Chung, Dong Sup ^a   Park, Young Sup ^a   Lee, Jae Hee ^a   Kang, Joon Ki ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anterior clinoid process; Diplopia; Ectopic mucinous tissue; Pathogenesis; Primary mucocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUCOCELE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BONE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOCELE; SPHENOID BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0345035487     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199908000-00036     Document Type: Article

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