Cerebral anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma with meningeal dissemination at first presentation

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-122

  Lubansu, Alphonse ^a   Rorive, Sandrine ^a   David, Philippe ^a   Sariban, Eric ^b   Seligmann, Roland ^c   Brotchi, Jacques ^a   Pirotte, Benoit ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

^c Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Malignant; Meningeal dissemination; Metastases; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; THIOTEPA; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SECOND CANCER; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SPINAL CORD; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1342282782     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0854-6     Document Type: Article

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