Relationship between supratentorial arachnoid cyst and chronic subdural hematoma: Neuroradiological evidence and surgical treatment - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1250-1255

  Domenicucci, Maurizio ^a,c   Russo, Natale ^a   Giugni, Elisabetta ^b   Pierallini, Alberto ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Imaging; Intracranial arachnoid cyst; Minor head trauma; Subdural hematoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650851534     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.4.17509     Document Type: Article

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