Dumbbell trigeminal schwannoma in a child: Complete removal by a one-stage pterional surgical approach

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1008-1011

  Verstappen, C C P ^a   Beems, T ^a   Erasmus, C E ^a   van Lindert, E J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case report; Child; Surgical procedure; Trigeminal schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CRANIOTOMY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DYSARTHRIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEURILEMOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHILD; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSURGERY; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 27744608301     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-1091-3     Document Type: Article

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