Teflon granuloma with midbrain cysts after microvascular decompression of the trigeminal nerve

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 537-539

  Smucker, P ^a   Bonnin, J M ^a   Pritz, M B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain cyst; Microvascular decompression; Teflon granuloma; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; FACE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MESENCEPHALON; MICROVASCULARIZATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEURALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

BRAIN DISEASES; CYSTS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 34247615042     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-007-1136-y     Document Type: Article

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