Cranial nerve root entry zone primary cerebellopontine angle gliomas: A rare and poorly recognized subset of extraparenchymal tumors

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 205-212

  Arnautovic, K I ^a   Husain, M M ^a   Linskey, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cerebellopontine angle; Cranial nerve glial segment; Cranial nerve root entry zone; Glioma; Pilocytic astrocytoma; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRANIAL NERVE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXCISION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPESTHESIA; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CHILD; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0034488536     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006488905526     Document Type: Article

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