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Occipital Dermoid Cyst Associated with Dermal Sinus and Cerebellar Abscesses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Gurdeep S. Mann
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Ashok Gupta
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
D. Douglas Cochrane
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Manraj K.S. Heran*
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*
Department of Radiology, BC Children’s Hospital, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6H 3V4, Canada
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Abstract

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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2009

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