Leptomeningeal dissemination of pilocytic astrocytoma at diagnosis in childhood: Two cases report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 61, Issue 3 B, 2003, Pages 842-847

  Figueiredo, Eberval Gadelha ^a,b   Matushita, Hamilton ^a   Machado, André Guelman G ^a   Plese, José Píndaro P ^a   Rosemberg, Sérgio ^a   Marino Jr , Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Chemotherapy; Hydrocephalus; Leptomeningeal dissemination; Metastasis; Multicentric disease; Pilocytic astrocytoma; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; LEPTOMENINGEAL METASTASIS; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENINX; METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0141883884     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2003000500025     Document Type: Article

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