Endoscopic, endonasal, transclival resection of a pontine cavernoma: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 71, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Sanborn, Matthew R ^a   Kramarz, Michael J ^b   Storm, Philip B ^b   Adappa, Nithin D ^a   Palmer, James N ^a   Lee, John Y K ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernoma; Cavernous malformation; Endonasal; Endoscopic; Transclival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENDONASAL RESECTION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONTINE CAVERNOMA; PONTINE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TINGLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSCLIVAL RESECTION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84865597517     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318259e323     Document Type: Article

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