Medulloepithelioma of the optic nerve with intradural extension - Report of two cases and a review of the literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 329-333

  Chidambaram, B ^a   Santosh, V ^b   Balasubramaniam, V ^a  

^a CIT Colony   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Medulloepithelioma; Optic nerve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; EXOPHTHALMOS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DURA MATER; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033916444     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050527     Document Type: Article

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