Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor in the Anterior Skull Base Associated with Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Case Report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-42

  Ueda, Ryo ^a   Saito, Ryoichi ^b   Horiguchi, Takashi ^b   Nakamura, Yoshiki ^b   Ichikizaki, Kiyoshi ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior skull base; Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor; Neurofibromatosis type 1

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; METASTASIS; NERVE FIBER; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SPINAL CORD; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REOPERATION; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1042278792     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.44.38     Document Type: Article

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