Malignant Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Right Cerebral Peduncle: Case Report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 500-504

  Beauchesne, Patrick ^a,b   Mosnier, Jean François ^a   Schmitt, Thierry ^a   Brunon, Jacques ^a   George, Bernard ^c   Sekhar, Laligam N ^c   Konovalov, Alexander N ^c   Gore, Pankaj A ^c   Spetzler, Robert F ^c  

^a SERVICE DE NEUROLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Intraparenchymal; Malignant nerve sheath tumor; Neuraxial; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DOXORUBICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIPLOPIA; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDUNCULAR ANSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1142274355     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000103491.18482.E3     Document Type: Article

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