Successful Surgical Excision of a Gigantic Cerebral Hydatid Cyst

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-64

  Menkü, Ahmet ^a   Kulaksizoglu, O ^a   Tucer, B ^a   Kurtsoy, A ^a   Akdemir, H ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebral hydatid cyst; Echinococcus; Gigantic; Neuronavigation

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; GIGANTIC CEREBRAL HYDATID CYST; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG HYDATID CYST; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DISEASES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEURONAVIGATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 2442620283     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-812435     Document Type: Article

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