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Diagnosis and Treatment of Cystic Non-Tumorous Lesions of the Posterior Fossa in Children

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Cystic lesions of the posterior fossa cannot easily be classified according to etiology, location, symptoms and treatment. We are proposing a better classification mainly of the benign infratentorial lesions.

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Dorsic, D., Altenburg, H., Herter, T. (1983). Diagnosis and Treatment of Cystic Non-Tumorous Lesions of the Posterior Fossa in Children. In: Jensen, HP., Brock, M., Klinger, M. (eds) Acute Non-Traumatic Intracranial Bleedings. Posterior Fossa Tumors in Infancy. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05589-2_45

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