Large supra- and infra-tentorial occipital encephalocele encompassing posterior sagittal sinus and torcular Herophili

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 903-906

  Sather, M D ^a   Livingston, A D ^a   Puccioni, M J ^a   Thorell, W E ^a  

^a NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Confluence of sinuses; Occipital encephalocele; Superior sagittal sinus; Torcular

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CONFLUENCE OF SINUSES; CRANIAL SINUS; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFRATENTORIAL OCCIPITAL ENCEPHALOCELE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRATENTORIAL OCCIPITAL ENCEPHALOCELE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BRAIN; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SKULL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349158791     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-009-0859-x     Document Type: Article

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