Hypothalamic hamartoma in association with a suprasellar arachnoid cyst: A case report

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-108

  Mocco, J ^a   Lozier, Alan P ^a   Komotar, Ricardo J ^a   Silver, A John ^a   Feldstein, Neil A ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Hamartoma; Hypothalamic tissue; Suprasellar lesions

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOTOMY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

EID: 22144446414     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085166     Document Type: Article

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