Anaplastic (malignant) ganglioglioma arising from heterotopic grey matter nodules

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-242

  Demaerel, Philippe ^a,c   Droessaert, Myriam ^a   Lammens, Martin ^a,c,d   Menten, Johan ^a   Nuttin, Bart ^a   Verbeeck, Rudy ^b   Wilms, Guy ^a   Baert, Albert L ^a  

^a Department of Radiology ^*  (Belgium)

^b Laboratory for Medical Imaging Research   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d Stichting Laboratoria voor Pathologie en Medische Microbiologie   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Brain neoplasms; MR brain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHORISTOMA; EPENDYMA; FEMALE; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029997181     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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