Symptomatic intracystic hemorrhage in pineal cysts: Report of 3 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-136

  Sarikaya Seiwert, Sevgi ^a   Turowski, Bernd ^a   Hänggi, Daniel ^a   Janssen, Giesela ^a   Steiger, Hans Jakob ^a   Stummer, Walter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diplopia; Hemorrhage; Hydrocephalus; Pineal apoplexy; Pineal cyst

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MICROSURGERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; PINEAL GLAND;

EID: 70349208990     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.4.PEDS08309     Document Type: Article

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