Acquired cerebellar cavernous angioma following childhood radiotherapy in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-106

  Van Calenbergh, Frank ^a   Demaerel, Philippe ^a   Sciot, Raf ^a   Van Loon, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cavernoma; Cavernous angioma; Neurofibromatosis type 1; Radiotherapy; Secondary tumour

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOTHESIS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 0037560025     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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