Pseudocapsule formation after gamma knife radiosurgery for trigeminal neurinoma - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 526-529

  Akiyama, Takenori ^a   Ikeda, Eiji ^a   Kawase, Takeshi ^a   Yoshida, Kazunari ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gamma knife radiosurgery; Pseudocapsule; Trigeminal neurinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPLOPIA; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; NEURINOMA; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADULT; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEURILEMMOMA; RADIOSURGERY; REOPERATION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 27644524423     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.45.526     Document Type: Article

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