Monstrous craniopharyngioma. Case presentations and term proposal

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1049-1053

  Trejos, Humberto ^a   Caceres, Adrian ^b   Segura, Juan L ^b  

^a National Children's Hospital   (Costa Rica)

^b National Children's Hospital   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Children; Classification; Craniopharyngioma; Microsurgery; Neurosurgical procedures; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN;

ANAMNESIS; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31444436076     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-1101-5     Document Type: Article

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