Dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum: Rare differential diagnosis in space occupying lesions of the posterior fossa

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 509-512

  Buhl, Ralf ^a   Barth, H ^a   Hugo, H H ^a   Straube, T ^a   Mehdorn, H M ^a   Fahlbusch, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cowden disease; Dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma; Lhermitte Duclos disease; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COWDEN SYNDROME; CRANIECTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LHERMITTE DUCLOS DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID ADENOMA;

EID: 0037559560     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-003-0040-3     Document Type: Article

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