The anteroinferior cerebellar artery embedded in the subarcuate fossa: A rare anomaly and its clinical significance

Neurosurgery

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 314-318

  Tanriover, Necmettin ^a   Rhoton Jr , Albert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Anomaly; Anteroinferior cerebellar artery; Facial Nerve; Posteroinferior cerebellar artery; Retrosigmoid approach; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ANTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; DURA MATER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SUBARCUATE FOSSA; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TISSUE SECTION;

CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DURA MATER; HUMANS; LATEX; MICROSURGERY;

EID: 23244439451     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000166677.70797.5E     Document Type: Article

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