Benign meningioma metastasizing through CSF pathways: A case report and review of literature

Neurology India

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 326-329

  Ramakrishnamurty, T V ^a   Murty, A V R ^a   Purohit, A K ^a   Sundaram, C ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Intraventricular; Meningioma; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; VOMITING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA;

EID: 0036758702     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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