Preoperative MRI diagnosis of Lhermitte-Duclos disease: Case report with associated enlarged vessel and syrinx

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 470-476

  Wolansky, Leo J ^a   Malantic, Grace P ^a   Heary, Robert ^a   Maniker, Allen H ^a   Lee, Huey Jen ^a   Sharer, Leroy R ^a   Patel, Upen J ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

dysplastic gangliocytoma; gangliocytoma; Lhermitte Duclos disease; MRI diagnosis; syringohydromyelia; venous angioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LHERMITTE DUCLOS DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0029925082     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0090-3019(95)00244-8     Document Type: Article

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