Symptomatic prepontine cistern flattening after an arachnoid cyst shunting:. a report of 2 cases

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 418-421

  Osuagwu, Ferdnand ^a   Fagel, Natasha ^a   Salamon, Noriko ^a   Lazareff, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Chiari 1 malformation; Posterior cranial fossa; Prepontine cistern flattening

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARACHNOID CYST; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69549126032     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2008.09.017     Document Type: Article

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