Preoperative Onyx embolization of a giant cavernous malformation involving the dural sinuses: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 302-306

  Dashti, Shervin R ^a   Fiorella, David ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a   Beres, Elisa ^a   McDougall, Cameron G ^a   Albuquerque, Felipe C ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernous hemangioma; Cavernous malformation; Onyx embolization

Indexed keywords

ONYX COPOLYMER; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE;

ANAMNESIS; APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL SINUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGMOID SINUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADJUVANT THERAPY; BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; BRAIN TUMOR;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CRANIAL SINUSES; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; POLYVINYLS;

EID: 66149156983     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.1.PEDS08412     Document Type: Article

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