Focal plaque of demyelination mimicking cerebral tumor in a pediatric patient

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 60-63

  Kumar, Krishna ^a,d   Toth, Cory ^b   Jay, Venita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d Neurological Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demyelinating lesion; Glioma; Mass lesion; Multiple sclerosis; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031769369     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028690     Document Type: Article

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