Exophytic pilocytic astrocytoma of the brain stem in an adult with encasement of the caudal cranial nerve complex (IX-XII): Presurgical anatomical neuroimaging using MRI

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1169-1173

  Yousry, Indra ^a   Muacevic, Alexander ^a   Olteanu Nerbe, Vlad ^a   Naidich, Thomas P ^b   Yousry, Tarek A ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudal cranial nerve complex; Cerebellopontine angle; MRI; Pilocytic astrocytoma

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ACCESSORY NERVE; ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VAGUS NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

EID: 3242794372     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-2210-3     Document Type: Article

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