Brain stem glioma presenting with contralateral sensory impairment of ascending nature

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 547-551

  Ikeda, Tokuro ^a   Yamakawa, Yuzo ^a   Ochiai, Hidenobu ^a   Yamanaka, Hidekata ^a   Yano, Takanori ^a   Hayashi, Tohru ^a  

^a MIYAZAKI PREFECTURAL MIYAZAKI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain stem glioma; Lamination; Spinothalamic tract; Topography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACTS;

EID: 0030921322     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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