Successful resection of a hypothalamic hamartoma and a Rathke cleft cyst. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 78-80

  Ng, Yu Tze ^a,b   Kerrigan, John F ^a   Prenger, Erin C ^a   White, William L ^a   Rekate, Harold L ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatrics and Neurology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothalamic hamartoma; Pallister Hall syndrome; Pediatric neurosurgery; Rathke cleft cyst; Transcallosal resection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLISTER HALL SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; SEIZURE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; BRAIN CYST; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22044457363     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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