Spontaneous involution of a large pineal region hemorrhagic cyst in an infant: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2006, Pages 275-278

  Nimmagadda, Anitha ^a   Sandberg, David I ^a,b   Ragheb, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemorrhage; Infant; Pediatric neurosurgery; Pineal cyst

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INVOLUTION; MACROCEPHALY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PINEAL BODY DISEASE; PINEAL HEMORRHAGIC CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; REMISSION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEALOMA; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646085523     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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