Successful excision of a large immature teratoma involving the cranial base: Report of a case with long-term follow-up

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 389-393

  Lanzino, Giuseppe ^a   Kaptain, George J ^a   Jane, John A ^a   Lin, Kant Y K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Immature teratoma; Long term survival; Prenatal diagnosis; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SURGERY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SURVIVAL TIME; TERATOMA;

EID: 0031908040     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199802000-00115     Document Type: Article

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