Unique MR spectroscopic finding in colloid-like cyst

Neuroradiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-144

  Periakaruppan, Alagappan ^a   Kesavadas, Chandrasekharan ^a   Radhakrishnan, V V ^a   Thomas, Bejoy ^a   Rao, Ravi Mohan ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Colloid cyst; MRI; Spectroscopy; Suprasellar

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLOID CYST; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 38649133852     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-007-0324-z     Document Type: Article

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