Endoscopic treatment of a voluminous benign symptomatic cyst of the pineal region responsible for an obstructive hydrocephalus;Traitement endoscopique d'un volumineux kyste bénin symptomatique de la région pinéale responsable d'une hydrocéphalie obstructive

Neurochirurgie

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4 I, 2005, Pages 173-178

  Metellus, Ph ^a   Fuentes, S ^a   Levrier, O ^a   Adetchessi, T ^a   Dufour, H ^a   Donnet, A ^a   Grisoli, F ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Neuroendoscopy; Pineal cyst; Pineal tumor; Third ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MARSUPIALIZATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PINEAL BODY DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RARE DISEASE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTIGO;

EID: 25844487674     PISSN: 00283770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3770(05)83473-3     Document Type: Article

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