Surgical reversal of prolonged blindness from a metastatic neuroblastoma

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 583-586

  McGirt, Matthew J ^a   Cowan Jr , John A ^b   Gala, Vishal ^b   Garton, Hugh J ^b   Muraszko, Karin M ^b   Thompson, B Gregory ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Neuroblastoma; Optic nerve; Surgical decompression; Visual pathways

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; STEROID; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLIVUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUROBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BLINDNESS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 23144434377     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-1062-8     Document Type: Article

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