Hematoma in a low-grade medullary astrocytoma: Report of an unusual case and literature review

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 742-746

  Van Ouwerkerk, Willem J R ^a   Dirven, Clemens M F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute onset; Brainstem; Hematoma; Intraoperative monitoring; Low grade astrocytoma; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032417060     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050308     Document Type: Article

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