Primary brain myxoma, an unusual tumor of meningeal origin: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 166-170

  Graham, Jon F ^a,c   Loo, Stanley Y T ^a   Matoba, Aiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Histology; Meningeal neoplasm; Meningioma; Myxoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; MESENCHYME CELL; MYXOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033018113     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199907000-00039     Document Type: Article

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