Isolated fourth ventricular cysticercus cyst: MR imaging in 4 cases with short literature review

Neurology India

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 394-396

  Singh, Surendra ^a   Gibikote, S V ^a   Shyamkumar, N K ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cysticercus cyst; Fourth ventricular cyst; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICULAR CYSTICERCUS CYST; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PAPILLEDEMA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TOUCH; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CYSTICERCUS; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS;

EID: 0346252584     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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