Giant cell glioblastoma multiforme: Report of a case with prolonged survival and transformation to gliosarcoma

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 314-319

  Deb, Prabal ^a   Sharma, Mehar Chand ^a   Chander, Bal ^a   Mahapatra, Ashok Kumar ^a   Sarkar, Chitra ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Childhood; Giant cell glioblastoma; Glioma; Gliosarcoma; Long survival; Radiotherapy; Recurrent

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; LOMUSTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; GIANT CELL TUMOR; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOSARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHILD; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644549120     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-005-1239-9     Document Type: Article

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