Pineal germinoma with intratumoral hemorrhage after neuroendoscopic tumor biopsy

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 10-11, 2003, Pages 769-772

  Wong, Tai Tong ^a   Yen, Sang Hue ^a   Ho, Donald M ^a   Chang, Feng Chi ^b   Chang, Kai Ping ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Germinoma; Hydrocephalus; Intratumoral hemorrhage; Long tract EVD; Neuroendoscopy; Pineal tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BLEOMYCIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR BLEEDING;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BIOPSY; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; ENDOSCOPY; GERMINOMA; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PINEALOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0344308224     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0800-7     Document Type: Article

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