Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: Clinical, imaging and pathological features of four cases

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-45

  Bucciero, Alfredo ^a,b   De Caro, Marialaura ^a   De Stefano, Valentino ^a   Tedeschi, Enrico ^a   Monticelli, Arianna ^a   Siciliano, Antonella ^a   Cappabianca, Paolo ^a   Vizioli, Lucio ^a   Cerillo, Adolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaplastic features; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; Prognosis; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; THALAMIC DISEASES; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030965607     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(96)00560-4     Document Type: Article

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