Primary intramedullary melanocytoma of medulla oblongata: A case report

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-252

  Takenaka, Nobuo ^a   Imanishi, Tomoyuki ^a   Kondoh, Arata ^a   Ohnumata, Ayako ^a   Fukuda, Junya ^a   Yagishita, Saburo ^b  

^a KAWASAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Kanagawa Pref Med Ctr for Rehab   (Japan)

Author keywords

brain tumor; medulla oblongata; melanocytoma; melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MELANOMA; MITOSIS INDEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029988319     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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