Intracranial arachnoid cysts: Clinical features and management of 35 cases and review of the literature

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 84-89

  Erman, Tahsin ^a   Göçer, A Iskender ^a   Tuna, Metin ^a   Ergin, Melek ^a   Zorludemir, Suzan ^a   Çetinalp, Erdal ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Intracranial; Sex; Surgery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VOMITING;

EID: 2442638929     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnq.0000126102.32911.43     Document Type: Review

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