Cerebellopontine angle arachnoid cyst containing ectopic choroid plexus- Case report

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 881-883

  Singleton, William G B ^a   Lawrence, Tim ^a   Green, Alex L ^a   Jeans, Alex ^a   Kerr, Richard S C ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Cerebellopontine angle; Cyst; Ectopic choroid plexus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CRANIOTOMY; ECTOPIC CHOROID PLEXUS; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TINNITUS; VERTIGO; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHORISTOMA; CHOROID PLEXUS; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 77953025001     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0516-x     Document Type: Article

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