Medulloblastoma presenting as an extra-axial tumor in the cerebellopontine angle;Meduloblastoma de presentación extra-axial en el ángulo pontocerebeloso

Neurocirugia

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 285-289

  Gil Salu J L ^a,b   Rodriguez Pena F ^a   Lopez Escobar M ^a   Palomo, M J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebellopontine angle tumors; Exophytic tumors; Medulloblastoma; Metastases; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CRANIECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE TUMOR;

EID: 3042858223     PISSN: 11301473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-1473(04)70485-6     Document Type: Article

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