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Child's Nervous System
Published in: Child's Nervous System 2/2010

01-02-2010 | Commentary

Sylvian fissure arachnoid cysts: we do operate on them but should it be done?

Author: Concezio Di Rocco

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 2/2010

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Excerpt

Very few nosographic entities of neurosurgical interest as Sylvian fissure arachnoid cysts arise doubt about their best management, especially when these lesions are incidentally discovered in asymptomatic subjects. …
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Metadata
Title
Sylvian fissure arachnoid cysts: we do operate on them but should it be done?
Author
Concezio Di Rocco
Publication date
01-02-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 2/2010
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-009-1041-1

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