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Giant Cystic Craniopharyngioma: Case Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Dwight Parkinson  and
Michael West
Dwight Parkinson*
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Neurological Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Michael West
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Neurological Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
*
Section of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, S-105, 770 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 0W3 Canada
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This is a report of a giant cystic craniopharyngioma which escaped diagnosis for nine years in spite of seemingly thorough neuroradiological investigation, prior to the advent of the CT scan.

Type
Case Report
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , August 1979 , pp. 363 - 365
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1979

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