Benign cysts in the central nervous system: Neuropathological observations of the cyst walls

Neuropathology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Hirano, Asao ^a   Hirano, Michio ^b  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cysts; Craniopharyngioma; Cysticercosis; Epithelial cysts; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; LEAD; PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ASTROCYTOMA; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CYSTICERCOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; TERATOMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; HUMANS;

EID: 1642310965     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2003.00526.x     Document Type: Review

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