Multifocal primary intracerebral malignant fibrous histiocytoma - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 249-254

  Mitsuhashi, Takashi ^a,b   Watanabe, Mitsuya ^a   Ohara, Yukoh ^a   Hatashita, Shizuo ^a   Ueno, Hideo ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN HIROO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Malignant fibrous histiocytoma; Multifocal primary tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTIOCYTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; RECURRENCE RISK; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 3042838561     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.44.249     Document Type: Article

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