Leptomeningeal cyst development after endoscopic craniosynostosis repair: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 235-237

  Aryan, Henry E ^a   Meltzer, Hal S ^a,b   Gerras, Gregory G ^c   Jandial, Rahul ^a   Levy, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniosynostosis; Endoscopy; Growing cranial fracture; Leptomeningeal cyst; Pediatric neurosurgery; Repair; Sagittal synostosis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DURA MATER; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINX CYST; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042778308     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000126951.74653.a6     Document Type: Review

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