Ct scan and metrizamide CT cisternography in arachnoid cysts of the middle cranial fossa: Classification and pathophysiological aspects

doi:10.1016/0090-3019(82)90315-9

Surgical Neurology

Volume 17, Issue 5, May 1982, Pages 363-369

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Abstract

Thirty-one cases of arachnoid cysts of the middle cranial fossa were investigated by CT scan, 7 of them undergoing additional metrizamide CT cisternography. In this paper we analyze and correlate the different findings from these two examinations and propose a classification of arachnoid cysts of the middle cranial fossa into three basic types. Pathophysiological and surgical implications are discussed.

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Ct scan and metrizamide CT cisternography in arachnoid cysts of the middle cranial fossa: Classification and pathophysiological aspects

Abstract

Use of computerized tomography scanning in supratentorial arachnoid cysts

J Neurosurg

Diagnosis and treatment of middle fossa arachnoid cysts and subdural hematomas

J Neurosurg

Arachnoid cysts on computed tomography

Am J Roentgenol

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Childs Brain

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Studies of the third circulation

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Arch Neurol

Arachnoid cysts of the middle cranial fossa: a clinical and radiological study of 25 cases treated surgically

Surg Neurol

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Surg Neurol

Supratentorial intra-arachnoid cyst

CT cisternography with intracranial arachnoid cysts

Surg Neurol

Arachnoid cyst of the quadrigeminal cistern

Surg Neurol