Intracranial and spinal melanotic schwannoma in the same patient

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-254

  Buhl, Ralf ^a   Barth, Harald ^a   Hugo, Heinz H ^a   Mautner, Victor F ^b   Mehdorn, H Maximilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Melanotic schwannoma; MRI; Spinal tumor; Trigeminal schwannoma

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEATH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; METASTASIS; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; NEURILEMMOMA; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 3042853797     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NEON.0000033491.23654.6c     Document Type: Article

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