Spontaneous resolution of a Meckels cave arachnoid cyst causing sixth cranial nerve palsy

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 186-191

  Jacob, Maud ^a   Gujar, Sachin ^a   Trobe, Jonathan ^a,b,c   Gandhi, Dheeraj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CESAREAN SECTION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MECKEL CAVE ARACHNOID CYST; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMOMA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ABDUCENS NERVE; ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; DIPLOPIA; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PETROUS BONE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REMISSION; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES; ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PETROUS BONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION;

EID: 58149398965     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e318183be6c     Document Type: Article

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