Primary intracerebral malignant fibrous histiocytoma in a child

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 271-274

  Fujimura, Naoko ^a   Sugita, Yasuo ^a,b   Hirohata, Masaru ^a   Naohisa, Miyagi ^a   Terasaki, Mizuhiko ^a   Tokutmi, Takashi ^a   Shigemori, Minoru ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Childhood; Histogenesis; Intracerebral; Malignant fibrous histiocytoma

Indexed keywords

ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMNOLENCE; SURGICAL APPROACH;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0036974423     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066211     Document Type: Article

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