Gliomatosis cerebri in a young patient showing various cranial nerve manifestations: A case report

Brain Tumor Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-96

  Izumiyama, Hitoshi ^a   Abe, Takumi ^a   Tanioka, Daisuke ^a   Fukuda, Ataru ^a   Kunii, Norihiko ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gliomatosis cerebri; IFN ; Low grade astrocytoma; MRI; PET

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN TUMOR; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL MONONEURITIS MULTIPLEX; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GLIOMA; GLIOMATOSIS CEREBRI; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PIA MATER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MONONEUROPATHIES; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL;

EID: 0742270804     PISSN: 14337398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02483454     Document Type: Article

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