Primary spheno-orbital angiosarcoma: Case report and review of the literature

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 405-408

  Lopes, Manuel ^a   Duffau, Hugues ^a   Fleuridas, Gilles ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Cranium; Factor VIII related antigen; Skull

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SPHENOID; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; CRANIOTOMY; EYE ENUCLEATION; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; SKULL NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032929653     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199902000-00102     Document Type: Article

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