Dumbbell tumor of the anterior skull base: Meningioma? No, adenoid cystic carcinoma!

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 470-474

  Brunori, Andrea ^a   Scarano, Paolo ^a   Iannetti, Giorgio ^b   Chiappetta, Francesco ^a  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenoid cystic carcinoma; Meningioma; Skull base surgery

Indexed keywords

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; CARCINOMA, ADENOID CYSTIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGIOMA; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032211223     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(97)00340-6     Document Type: Article

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