Technical note: Endoscopic resection of a dermoid cyst anchored to the anterior optic chiasm

Introduction: Supratentorial dermoid cysts arise due to the misplacement of embryonic inclusions in the vicinity of the developing neural tube up to the third week of life, when the neural groove begins to close. This report describes a case of a suprasellar dermoid cyst anchored to the anterior opt...

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Main Authors: Yuichiro Yoneoka, MD, PhD, Naoto Watanabe, MD, PhD, Mitsuo Kohno, MD, PhD, Daisuke Satoh, MD, Hitoshi Takahashi, MD, PhD, Yukihiko Fujii, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-06-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751914000152