Mesencephalic enlarged Virchow-Robin spaces in a 6-year-old boy: A case-based update

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1155-1160

  Fayeye, Oluwafikayo ^a   Pettorini, Benedetta Ludovica ^a   Foster, Katharine ^a   Rodrigues, Desiderio ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoscopic fenestration; Giant perivascular space enlargement; Intraventricular cyst; Mesencephalon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY; ENLARGED VIRCHOW ROBIN SPACE; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CYSTS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROENDOSCOPY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956186018     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-010-1164-4     Document Type: Article

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