Hypothalamic juvenile Pilocytic astrocytoma presenting with intracerebral hemorrhage

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 784-787

  Hwang, Shiuh Lin ^a   Huang, Tzuu Yuan ^a   Chai, Chee Yin ^a   Howng, Shen Long ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hemorrhage; Hypothalamus; Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; FATALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; SOCIAL LIFE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032407642     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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