Suprasellar arachnoid cyst: A 20-year follow-up after stereotactic internal drainage: Case report and review of the literature

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-218

  G̈uzel, Aslan ^a   Trippel, Micheal ^b   Ostertage, Christoph B ^b  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cystoventriculostomy; Premature thelarche; Stereotactic management; Suprasellar arachnoid cyst

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; BRAIN CYST; NEUROSURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41749117979     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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