Impact of anomalous origin of the ophthalmic artery from the middle meningeal artery on selection of surgical approach to skull base meningioma

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 568-571

  Hayashi, Nakamasa ^a   Kubo, Michiya ^a   Tsuboi, Yoshifumi ^a   Nishimura, Shinjitu ^b   Nishijima, Michiharu ^b   Ahmed Abdel Aal, Mohamed ^a   Endo, Shunro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b AOMORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embolization; Meningioma; Middle meningeal artery; Ophthalmic artery; Skull base surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGEAL ARTERY; MENINGIOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL ARTERIES; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; SKULL BASE;

EID: 35349016308     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.11.033     Document Type: Article

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