Primary malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the cauda equina in a child case report

Spinal Cord

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-203

  Yone, K ^a,b   Ijiri, K ^a   Hayashi, K ^a   Yokouchi, M ^a   Takenouchi, T ^a   Manago, K ^a   Nerome, Y ^a   Ijichi, O ^a   Ikarimoto, N ^a   Komiya, S ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cauda equina tumor; Child; Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor; Neurofibromatosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PIRARUBICIN; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CHILD; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAUDA EQUINA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 12144289062     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101567     Document Type: Article

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