Ruptured intracranial dermoid cysts: Clinical, radiographic, and surgical features

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 377-384

  Liu, James K ^a   Gottfried, Oren N ^a   Salzman, Karen L ^a   Schmidt, Richard H ^a   Couldwell, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermoid cyst; Intracranial; Rupture; Tumor

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTRACRANIAL DERMOID CYST; LIQUID; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUPTURE; SEIZURE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERATOMA;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DERMOID CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41749099432     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000316004.88517.29     Document Type: Article

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