Acquired Chiari malformation type I following fractionated radiation therapy to the anterior skull base in a 20-month-old boy: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 133-137

  Lollis, S Scott ^a   Hug, Eugen B ^a   Gladstone, David J ^a   Chaffee, Sara ^a   Duhaime, Ann Christine ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Pediatric neurosurgery; Radiation therapy; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHIARI MALFORMATION TYPE 1; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SKULL BASE; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; INFANT; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NECK PAIN; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION INJURY;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NECK PAIN; RADIATION INJURIES; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

EID: 33644915018     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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