Asymptomatic huge congenital arachnoid cyst successfully treated by endoscopic surgery - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 405-408

  Tsutsumi, Satoshi ^a   Kondo, Akihide ^a   Yasumoto, Yukimasa ^a   Ito, Masanori ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY URAYASU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital arachnoid cyst; Developmental prognosis; Endoscopic fenestration

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; NEUROENDOSCOPIC CYSTOCISTERNOSTOMY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROENDOSCOPY; ORGAN SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 52649172013     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.48.405     Document Type: Article

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