Active spontaneous decompression of a suprasellar-prepontine arachnoid cyst detected with routine magnetic resonance imaging: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-72

  Thomas, Bradley P ^a   Pearson, Matthew M ^b   Wushensky, Curtis A ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Hydrocephalus; Intracranial cyst management

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOID CYST; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECHOGRAPHY; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN SCREENING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRASELLAR PREPONTINE ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEPHALOMETRY; PATHOLOGY; PONS;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CEPHALOMETRY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; PONS; THIRD VENTRICLE; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 59049089331     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.10.PEDS0869     Document Type: Article

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