 Cranial Fossa, Posterior
"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.
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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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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cranial Fossa, Posterior" by people in Profiles.
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Whitehead MT, Barkovich MJ, Sidpra J, Alves CA, Mirsky DM, ?ztekin ?, Bhattacharya D, Lucato LT, Sudhakar S, Taranath A, Andronikou S, Prabhu SP, Aldinger KA, Haldipur P, Millen KJ, Barkovich AJ, Boltshauser E, Dobyns WB, Mankad K. Refining the Neuroimaging Definition of the Dandy-Walker Phenotype. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2022 10; 43(10):1488-1493.
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Hengartner AC, Putty M, Young M, Maloney JA, Mirsky DM, Hankinson TC. "Growing cerebellum" requiring operative decompression following perinatal ventriculoperitoneal shunting. Childs Nerv Syst. 2021 01; 37(1):13-19.
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Freeman JL, Sampath R, Quattlebaum SC, Casey MA, Folzenlogen ZA, Ramakrishnan VR, Youssef AS. Expanding the endoscopic transpterygoid corridor to the petroclival region: anatomical study and volumetric comparative analysis. J Neurosurg. 2018 06; 128(6):1855-1864.
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Winston KR, Stence NV, Boylan AJ, Beauchamp KM. Upward Translation of Cerebellar Tonsils following Surgical Expansion of Supratentorial Cranial Vault: A Unified Biomechanical Explanation of Chiari Type I. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2015; 50(5):243-9.
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Mudd PA, Hohensee S, Lillehei KO, Kingdom TT, Kleinschmidt-Demasters BK. Ectopic pituitary adenoma of the clivus presenting with apoplexy: case report and review of the literature. Clin Neuropathol. 2012 Jan-Feb; 31(1):24-30.
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Morad A, Winters B, Stevens R, White E, Weingart J, Yaster M, Gottschalk A. The efficacy of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia after intracranial surgery of the posterior fossa: a prospective, randomized controlled trial. Anesth Analg. 2012 Feb; 114(2):416-23.
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Coppens JR, Ric Harnsberger H, Finn MA, Sharma P, Couldwell WT. Oronasopharyngeal chordomas. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2009 Aug; 151(8):901-7.
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Waldau B, Domeshek LF, Leigh FA, Lum KC, Fuchs HE, Marcus JR, Mukundan S, Grant GA. Spontaneous resolution of a 13-mm Chiari malformation Type I in relation to differential growth of the posterior fossa volume. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2009 Feb; 3(2):110-4.
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Oliver CL, Hackman TG, Carrau RL, Snyderman CH, Kassam AB, Prevedello DM, Gardner P. Palatal flap modifications allow pedicled reconstruction of the skull base. Laryngoscope. 2008 Dec; 118(12):2102-6.
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Kingdom TT, Delgaudio JM. Endoscopic approach to lesions of the sphenoid sinus, orbital apex, and clivus. Am J Otolaryngol. 2003 Sep-Oct; 24(5):317-22.
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