Association of craniovertebral and upper cervical anomalies with dermoid and epidermoid cysts: Report of four cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Sarat Chandra, P ^a   Gupta, Aditya ^a   Mishra, Nalin K ^a   Mehta, Veer Singh ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Basilar invagination; Chiari; Craniovertebral junction; Dermoid; Epidermoid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CISTERNA MAGNA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDERMOID CYST; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NECK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL BONE; ODONTOID PROCESS; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPASTIC PARESIS; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TERATOMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DERMOID CYST; EPIDERMAL CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 80054780016     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000157962.24771.85     Document Type: Article

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