Fusiform dilation of the carotid artery following radical resection of pediatric craniopharyngiomas: Natural history and management

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Elliott, Robert E ^a   Wisoff, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Carotid artery; Craniopharyngioma; Pediatric neurosurgery; Radical resection

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CHILD; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953669641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.1.FOCUS09296     Document Type: Article

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