Pineal epidermoid cysts: A study of 24 cases

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 124-129

  Desai, Ketan I ^a   Nadkarni, Trimurti D ^a   Fattepurkar, Sudhir C ^a   Goel, Atul H ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Deep venous system; Epidermoid cyst; Pineal region; Quadrigeminal plate cistern

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMOID CYST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; OPTIC LOBE; PINEAL BODY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; EPIDERMAL CYST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PINEAL GLAND; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30944448019     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.05.031     Document Type: Article

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