Intracranial gliofibroma mimicking a meningioma: A case report and review of literature

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 178-186

  Deb, Prabal ^a   Sarkar, Chitra ^a   Garg, Ajay ^a   Singh, Virender Pal ^a   Kale, Shashank Sharad ^a   Sharma, Mehar Chand ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Extra axial; Gliofibroma; Intracranial tumor; Pediatric; Recurrent; Third ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLIOFIBROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; LABORATORY TEST; MENINGIOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 30444449959     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2004.11.021     Document Type: Article

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