Long-term control of recurrent anaplastic ependymoma with extracranial metastasis: Importance of multiple surgery and stereotactic radiosurgery procedures - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 669-673

  Kinoshita, Manabu ^a   Izumoto, Shuichi ^a   Kagawa, Naoki ^a   Hashimoto, Naoya ^a   Maruno, Motohiko ^a   Yoshimine, Toshiki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaplastic ependymoma; Extracranial metastasis; Multiple surgery; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHILD; EPENDYMOMA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOSURGERY; REOPERATION; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 11144252234     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.44.669     Document Type: Article

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