Development of a middle fossa arachnoid cyst. A theory on its pathogenesis

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 94-97

  Martínez Lage, Juan F ^a   Ruíz Maciá, Diego ^a   Valentí, José A ^a   Poza, Máximo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Arachnoid cyst development; Arachnoid cyst etiology; Congenital arachnoid cysts; Hydrocephalus; Natural history

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONEUM; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0345196545     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050340     Document Type: Article

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