Anatomic relationship of the optic radiations to the atrium of the lateral ventricle: Description of a novel entry point to the trigone

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Mahaney, Kelly B ^a   Abdulrauf, Saleem I ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lateral ventricle; Meningioma; Optic radiation; Trigone; Vascular malformation; Ventricular surgery; Ventricular tumor

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUTHOR; BRAIN ATRIA; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CADAVER; CINGULATE GYRUS; DEVICE; DISSECTION; FREEZING; HEMISPHERE; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OLFACTORY CORTEX; OPTIC RADIATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATULA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THAWING; TRIGONE; VISUAL SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; CADAVER; GENICULATE BODIES; GYRUS CINGULI; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 56749153158     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000313121.58694.4A     Document Type: Article

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