Peripetrosal arachnoid cysts

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 323-329

  Cristobal, Ricardo ^a   Oghalai, John S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Management; Skull base; Surgery; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FENESTRATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PETROUS BONE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHUNTING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL BONE;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34548473796     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e328270b8c5     Document Type: Review

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