Hypothalamic ganglioglioma treated by temporal lobectomy: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 217-219

  Aryan, Henry E ^a   Meltzer, Hal S ^b   Levy, Michael L ^b   Szkandera, Bartek J ^b   Bruce, Derek A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ganglioglioma; Hypothalamus; Pediatric neurosurgery; Seizure; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; CHILD; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEMALE; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; HYPOTHALAMUS; PROGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0942290723     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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