Successful removal after radiotherapy and vascular embolization in a huge tentorial epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: A case report

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-183

  Kubota, Toshihiko ^a   Sato, Kazufumi ^a   Takeuchi, Hiroaki ^a   Handa, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemangioendothelioma; Radiotherapy; Tentorium; Vascular embolization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN HERNIA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; SYMPTOM; SYRINGOMYELIA; TUMOR BLEEDING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; BRAIN TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; REOPERATION; REVIEW;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HUMANS; REOPERATION;

EID: 3242880103     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NEON.0000027760.84461.c7     Document Type: Article

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