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| A BENIGN TUMOR OF THE EIGHTH CRANIAL NERVE; A SCHWANNOMA, BECAUSE IT IS COMPOSED OF SCHWANN CELLS, WHICH PRODUCE MYELIN. |
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| A BENIGN TUMOR CONSISTING OF GLANDULAR TISSUE. |
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| DILATION OR BALLOONING OF AN ARTERY WALL AS A RESULT OF INJURY, DISEASE, OR A CONGENITAL CONDITION. |
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| RELATING TO BOTH ARTERIES AND VEINS. |
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| ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION (AVM) |
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| A COLLECTION OF BLOOD VESSELS WITH ABNORMAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE ARTERIES AND VEINS. |
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| CELLS THAT SUPPORT THE NERVE CELLS (NEURONS) OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD BY PROVIDING NUTRIENTS AND INSULATION. |
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| A SECTION OF BONE REMOVED FROM THE SKULL DURING CRANIOTOMY PROCEDURES. |
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| CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS) |
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| THE PART OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM COMPRISING THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD. |
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| A TECHNIQUE USED TO OCCLUDE A BLOOD VESSEL. MATERIAL INCLUDE PLATINUM COILS, MICROSCOPIC PLASTIC PARTICLES ARE INJECTED INTO THE VESSEL UNDER FLUROSCOPIC CONTROL TO STOP ACTIVE BLEEDING OR PREVENT BLEEDING. |
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| INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE (ICP) |
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| THE PRESSURE WITHIN THE SKULL EXERTED BY THE BRAIN TISSUE, BLOOD AND CEREBROSPINAL FLUID. |
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| A COMPUTERIZED METHOD OF LOCATING A POINT IN SPACE OR IN TISSUE, USING COORDINATES IN THREE-DIMENSIONS. |
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