Composite pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma-ganglioglioma presenting as a suprasellar mass: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1465-1469

  Yeh, David John ^a   Hessler, Richard B ^a   Stevens, E Andrew ^a   Lee, Mark R ^a   Lopes, M Beatriz ^b   Laws Jr , Edward R ^b   Perry, Arie ^b   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^b   Post, Kalmon D ^b   Mayberg, Marc R ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ganglioglioma; Pediatric brain tumor; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

EID: 0038617616     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000065138.24985.53     Document Type: Article

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