Spinal epidural metastasis from pineal germinoma

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 407-410

  Tosaka, Masahiko ^a,c   Ogimi, T ^b   Itoh, J ^b   Itoh, H ^b   Hayashi, S ^c   Ono, N ^c   Nagaya, T ^a   Takakura, K ^d   Haase, J ^d  

^a Maebashi North Hospital   (Japan)

^b MAEBASHI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Epidural metastasis; Pineal germinoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISSEMINATED CANCER; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKULL IRRADIATION; SPINAL NERVE; SPINE METASTASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038434112     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-003-0022-5     Document Type: Article

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