Aggressive spinal germinoma with ascending metastases

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-141

  Tekkök, Ismail H ^a,c   Sav, Aydin ^b  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c Mesa Hospital Cankaya   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Germinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Intramedullary tumor; Radiation therapy; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; BRAIN RADIATION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPENDYMOMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; REVIEW; SPINAL GERMINOMA; SPINE TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPENDYMOMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; REOPERATION; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29244489498     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-005-0377-y     Document Type: Review

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