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Mucocele of the anterior clinoid process causing acute monocular amaurosis


Authors: M. Hanko;  K. Koleják;  J. Šutovský;  B. Trnovec;  R. Hanzel;  M. Kaprálik
Authors‘ workplace: Neurochirurgia a spondylochirurgia, Nemocnica Bory – Penta Hospitals, Bratislava
Published in: Cesk Slov Neurol N 2026; 89(3): 206-208
Category: Letter to Editor
doi: https://doi.org/10.48095/cccsnn2026206


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