Recurrent glioependymal cyst of the posterior fossa: An unusual entity containing mixed glial elements. Case report

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-17

  Frazier, James ^a   Garonzik, Ira ^a   Tihan, Tarik ^a   Olivi, Alessandro ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glioependymal cyst; Neuroependymal cyst; Posterior fossa; Recurrent cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIECTOMY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE DURATION; DIZZINESS; EPENDYMA CELL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROSCOPY; MOBILIZATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CYST; EPENDYMA; GLIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTERIOR FOSSA;

CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CYSTS; EPENDYMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROGLIA;

EID: 2942744547     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NEON.0000024660.91021.2a     Document Type: Article

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