The subdiaphragmatic cistern: Historic and radioanatomic findings

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 667-674

  Di Ieva, Antonio ^a,b   Tschabitscher, Manfred ^a   Matula, Christian ^b   Komatsu, Fuminari ^c   Komatsu, Mika ^c   Colombo, Giovanni ^d   Sherif, Camillo ^e   Galzio, Renato J ^f  

^a Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^e KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arachnoid; Cerebrospinal fluid; Cistern; Pituitary gland; Pituitary stalk; Sellar region; Subarachnoid space; Subdiaphragmatic cistern

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BRAIN ARACHNOID; CADAVER; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CHIASMATIC CISTERN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY STALK; PLASTER CAST; PLASTINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SUBDIAPHRAGMATIC CISTERN; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; VOLUNTEER;

ARACHNOID; CADAVER; DURA MATER; HUMANS; PITUITARY GLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 84862638716     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-011-1220-1     Document Type: Review

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