Malignant evolution of presumed benign lesions in the brain in neurofibromatosis: Case report

Neuroradiology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 639-641

  Carella, A ^a   Medicamento, N ^a  

^a POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurofibromatosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1;

EID: 0030827938     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050483     Document Type: Article

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