Spinal meningeal melanocytoma with hydrocephalus and intracranial superficial siderosis

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 562-564

  Das, A ^a   Ratnagopal, P ^a   Puvanendran, K ^a   Teo, J G C ^b  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOCYTOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SIDEROSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; SIDEROSIS;

EID: 0035758978     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2001.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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