Supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor in an aged patient - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 530-535

  Shingu, Takashi ^a,b   Kagawa, Takato ^a   Kimura, Yoriyoshi ^a   Takada, Daikei ^a   Moritake, Kouzo ^b   Hoshii, Yoshinobu ^c  

^a Masuda Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged patient; Chemotherapy; Immunohistochemistry; Magnetic resonance imaging; Supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; RANIMUSTINE; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 27644556937     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.45.530     Document Type: Article

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