Neurocutaneous melanosis presenting with hydrocephalus: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 96-100

  Acosta Jr , Frank L ^a,b   Binder, Devin K ^a   Barkovich, A James ^a   Frieden, Ilona J ^a   Gupta, Nalin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Melanosis; Pediatric neurosurgery; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANASTOMOSIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LEPTOMENINX; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOSIS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHAKOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; PATHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANOSIS; NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26944470431     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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