Lipomatous medulloblastoma: A rare adult tumor variant with a uniquely favorable prognosis

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 566-570

  Elshihabi, Said ^a   Husain, Muhammad ^a,b   Linskey, Mark ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Cerebellar neoplasm; Lipomatous medulloblastoma; Medulloblastoma; Medullocytoma; Primitive neuroectodermal tumor

Indexed keywords

1 (2 CHLOROETHYL) 3 (2,6 DIOXO 3 PIPERIDYL) 1 NITROSOUREA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; LIPOMATOUS MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR BIOPSY; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 0344687486     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(03)00192-7     Document Type: Article

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