Giant cavernous hemangiomas: Report of three cases

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-92

  Van Lindert, E J ^a   Tan, T C ^b   Grotenhuis, J A ^a   Wesseling, P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavernoma; Cavernous hemangioma; Cavernous malformation; Management; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MYDRIASIS; NAUSEA; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HEADACHE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; NAUSEA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845401746     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-006-0042-8     Document Type: Article

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