Midline cystic malformations of the brain: Imaging diagnosis and classification based on embryologic analysis

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 471-481

  Utsunomiya, Hidetsuna ^a   Yamashita, Shinichi ^a   Takano, Koichi ^a   Ueda, Yukiyo ^b   Fujii, Akira ^b  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arachnoid pouch; Blake's pouch cyst; Dandy Walker cyst; Dorsal cyst with holoprosencephaly; Interhemispheric cyst with callosal agenesis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CISTERNA MAGNA; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; SHORT SURVEY;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; HUMANS;

EID: 33748943287     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-006-0049-7     Document Type: Short Survey

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