"Cranial Fossa, Posterior" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The infratentorial compartment that contains the CEREBELLUM and BRAIN STEM. It is formed by the posterior third of the superior surface of the body of the sphenoid (SPHENOID BONE), by the occipital, the petrous, and mastoid portions of the TEMPORAL BONE, and the posterior inferior angle of the PARIETAL BONE.
| Descriptor ID |
D003388
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A01.456.830.200 A02.835.232.781.750.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Cranial Fossa, Posterior- Cranial Fossa, Posterior
- Cranial Fossas, Posterior
- Fossa, Posterior Cranial
- Fossas, Posterior Cranial
- Posterior Cranial Fossa
- Posterior Cranial Fossas
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cranial Fossa, Posterior" by people in Profiles.
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Yang W, Wang JY, Caplan JM, Braileanu M, Shang H, Upadhyay U, Zenonos GA, Rigamonti D, Colby GP, Coon AL, Tamargo RJ, Huang J. Predictors of functional outcome following treatment of posterior fossa arteriovenous malformations. J Clin Neurosci. 2015 Feb; 22(2):357-62.
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Koral K, Vachha B, Gimi B, Zhang S, Ulualp SO, Suter E, Fernandes N, McMenamy J, Booth TN. MRI of the petromastoid canal in children. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2014 Apr; 39(4):966-71.
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Kamalian S, Atkinson WL, Florin LA, Pomerantz SR, Lev MH, Romero JM. Emergency department CT screening of patients with nontraumatic neurological symptoms referred to the posterior fossa: comparison of thin versus thick slice images. Emerg Radiol. 2014 Jun; 21(3):251-6.
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Golden LD, Small JE. Benign notochordal lesions of the posterior clivus: retrospective review of prevalence and imaging characteristics. J Neuroimaging. 2014 May-Jun; 24(3):245-9.
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Sandberg DI, Peet MM, Johnson MD, Cole P, Koru-Sengul T, Luqman AW. Chemotherapy administration directly into the fourth ventricle in a nonhuman primate model. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2012 May; 9(5):530-41.
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Reynolds MR, Blackburn SL, Smyth MD. Ossified pseudomeningocele following Chiari decompression surgery in a patient with Kleeblattsch?del deformity. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2008 Sep; 2(3):203-6.
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Natarajan SK, Sekhar LN, Schessel D, Morita A. Petroclival meningiomas: multimodality treatment and outcomes at long-term follow-up. Neurosurgery. 2007 Jun; 60(6):965-79; discussion 979-81.
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Baccin CE, Krings T, Alvarez H, Ozanne A, Lasjaunias PL. A report of two cases with dolichosegmental intracranial arteries as a new feature of PHACES syndrome. Childs Nerv Syst. 2007 May; 23(5):559-67.
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Tzortzidis F, Elahi F, Wright D, Natarajan SK, Sekhar LN. Patient outcome at long-term follow-up after aggressive microsurgical resection of cranial base chordomas. Neurosurgery. 2006 Aug; 59(2):230-7; discussion 230-7.
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Berker M, Cataltepe O, Ozcan OE. Traumatic epidural haematoma of the posterior fossa in childhood: 16 new cases and a review of the literature. Br J Neurosurg. 2003 Jun; 17(3):226-9.