Primary myxoma of the parafalcine meninges: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 440-443

  Powers, Ciaran J ^a   Pizzi, Catherine C ^a   Cummings, Thomas J ^a   Friedman, Allan H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Meningioma; Myxoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MENINGIOMA; MYXOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MYXOMA; SEIZURES;

EID: 33644644740     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.104.3.440     Document Type: Article

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