Posterior fossa gangliocytoma with facial nerve invasion: Case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 61, Issue 2 A, 2003, Pages 274-276

  Koerbel, Andrei ^a,b   Prevedello, Daniel Monte Serrat ^a   Tatsui, Cláudio Esteves ^a   Pellegrino, Luciano ^a   Hanel, Ricardo Alexandre ^a   Bleggi Torres, Luiz Fernando ^a   Araújo, João Cândido ^a  

^a Hospital Nossa Senhora da Luz   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CNS tumor; Facial nerve; Facial paresis; Gangliocytoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CRANIECTOMY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GANGLIONEUROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0038699214     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2003000200022     Document Type: Article

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