"Cranial Fossa, Posterior" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
MeSH Number(s)
A01.456.830.200
A02.835.232.781.750.400
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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cranial Fossa, Posterior" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Cranial Fossa, Posterior" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1992 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1993 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1994 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1995 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Cranial Fossa, Posterior" by people in Profiles.
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Giant Ossified Clival Chondrosarcoma Resection: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2021 11 15; 21(6):E526-E527.
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Resection of Clival Chordoma Through the Anterior Clivectomy: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2021 11 15; 21(6):E516-E517.
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Zygomatic Approach to Cavernous Sinus Chordoma: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2021 07 15; 21(2):E105-E106.
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Two-Stage Double Petrosal Approach for the Total Resection of Petroclival-Cavernous Meningioma: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2021 06 15; 21(1):E30-E31.
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Nonsecretory Recurrence of Multiple Myeloma Presenting as Sixth Nerve Palsy Secondary to Clival Plasmacytoma. J Neuroophthalmol. 2021 03 01; 41(1):e77-e78.
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Nelson Syndrome: Clival Invasion of Corticotroph Pituitary Adenoma Resulting in Alternating Sixth Nerve Palsies. J Neuroophthalmol. 2021 03 01; 41(1):114-118.
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"Growing cerebellum" requiring operative decompression following perinatal ventriculoperitoneal shunting. Childs Nerv Syst. 2021 01; 37(1):13-19.
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Petroclival meningiomas and the petrosal approach. Handb Clin Neurol. 2020; 170:133-141.
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Management of hydrocephalus after resection of posterior fossa lesions in pediatric and adult patients-predictors for development of hydrocephalus. Neurosurg Rev. 2020 Aug; 43(4):1143-1150.
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Pediatric post-operative cerebellar mutism syndrome, cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome, and posterior fossa syndrome: historical review and proposed resolution to guide future study. Childs Nerv Syst. 2020 06; 36(6):1205-1214.