A different approach to cysts of the posterior fossa

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 720-732

  Nelson Jr , Marvin D ^a   Maher, Karima ^b   Gilles, Floyd H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cysts; Blake's pouch; Dandy Walker malformation; Mega cisterna magna; Posterior fossa

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHOROID PLEXUS; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MENINX DISORDER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL BONE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

BRAIN DISEASES; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 4544364988     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-004-1253-1     Document Type: Review

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