Giant intracranial teratoma and lack of cortical development in a fetus: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages 180-183

  Muhonen, Michael G ^a,b   Bierman, Jeremy S ^a   Hussain, Namath S ^a   Hanley, Heather A ^a   Hussain, Sara S ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Fetus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pediatric neurosurgery; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN TERATOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN TUMOR; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; TERATOMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33644678177     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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