Intraventricular and leptomeningeal dissemination of a pilocytic cerebellar astrocytoma in a child with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: Case report

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-58

  Jamjoom, A B ^a,b   Jamjoom, Z A B ^a   Al Rayess, M ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SECURITY FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Intraventricular dissemination; Leptomeningeal dissemination; Pilocytic cerebellar astrocytoma; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM INJURY; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSEMINATED CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ASTROCYTOMA; BIOPSY; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGES; NEOPLASM SEEDING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0031906185     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699845555     Document Type: Article

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