Pineal dermoid cyst developing 18 years after gross total removal of a pineal mature teratoma

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 297-300

  Morimura, Tatsuo ^a   Kubo, Hiroaki ^a   Takeuchi, Juji ^a   Jii, Ba ^a  

^a UTANO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging; Pineal dermoid cyst; Pineal mature teratoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR;

EID: 0031836514     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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