Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 292-297

  Tamburrini, G ^a   Colosimo, C ^b   Giangaspero, F ^c   Riccardi, R ^a   Di Rocco, C ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Desmoplastic; Differential diagnosis; Infantile ganglioglioma; Spontaneous remission; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; GADOLINIUM;

ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VEIN; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; GALEN VEIN; GANGLION; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MITOSIS; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STROMA CELL; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ASTROCYTES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROGLIA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARIETAL LOBE; PROGNOSIS; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0038607615     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0743-z     Document Type: Review

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