Hyperdense intracranial epidermoid cysts: A study of 15 cases

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-39

  Li, F ^a   Zhu, S ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Chen, G ^a   Chi, L ^a   Qu, F ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Computerized tomography; Epidermoid cyst; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIVUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMOID CYST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERDENSE INTRACRANIAL EPIDERMOID CYST; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMAL CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846123629     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-006-1060-6     Document Type: Article

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