Spontaneous disappearance of a suprasellar arachnoid cyst: Case report and review of the literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-104

  Moon, Kyung Sub ^a   Lee, Jung Kil ^a   Kim, Jae Hyoo ^a   Kim, Soo Han ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Prepontine; Spontaneousdis appearance; Suprasellar

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT REFUSAL; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33846448128     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0161-0     Document Type: Article

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