Asymptomatic syringomyelia in the course of medulloblastoma: Case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 258-263

  Hamlat, Abderrahmane ^a,b   Le Strat, Anne ^a   Boisselier, Pierre ^a   Brassier, Gilles ^a   Carsin Nicol, Beatrice ^a  

^a CENTRE EUGÈNE MARQUIS   (France)

^b PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic syringomyelia; Intracranial tumor; Intrasyringal hemorrhage; Medulloblastoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; VINCRISTINE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MICROSURGERY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRINGOMYELIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VOMITING;

CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 26244437973     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087485     Document Type: Article

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