Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor of the midbrain tectum: A case report

Brain Tumor Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-100

  Kurtkaya Yapicier, Ozlem ^a   Elmaci, Ilhan ^a   Boran, Burak ^a   Kilic, Turker ^a   Sav, Aydin ^a   Pamir, M Necmettin ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNT); Extracortical DNT; Midbrain; Neuroimaging; Tectum

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSEMBRYOPLASTIC NEUROEPITHELIAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC TECTUM; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CORPORA QUADRIGEMINA; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036957268     PISSN: 14337398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02478934     Document Type: Article

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