Polytetrafluoroethylene-induced granuloma and brainstem cyst after microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Toth, Gabor ^a   Rubeiz, Helene ^a   Macdonald, R Loch ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyst; Granuloma; Microvascular decompression; Polytetrafluoroethylene; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DYSARTHRIA; GRANULOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PONS ANGLE; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CYSTS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 35948971756     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000298919.62742.EB     Document Type: Article

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