Intracranial falcine and convexity chondromas: Two case reports

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-243

  Cosar, Murat ^a,b   Iplikcioglu, A Celal ^a   Bek, Sirzat ^a   Gokduman, Cem A ^a  

^a OKMEYDANI TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chondroma; Convexity; Falx

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHONDROMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHONDROMA; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32344437606     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690500207322     Document Type: Review

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