Intradural prepontine growth: Giant ecchordosis physaliphora or extraosseous chordoma?

Neuropathology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 336-340

  Rodríguez, Luis ^a   Colina, José ^b   López, Julio ^c   Molina, Omaira ^c   Cardozo, José ^b,d  

^a Hospital General del Sur   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MARACAIBO   (Venezuela)

^d Hospital Universitario ^*  (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Ecchordosis physaliphora; Extraosseous; Intradural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTIGO;

EID: 0032829252     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1789.1999.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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