Supratentorial meningeal melanocytoma mimicking a convexity meningioma

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 485-490

  Beseoglu, K ^a   Knobbe, C B ^a   Reifenberger, G ^a   Steiger, H J ^a   Stummer, W ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign neuro ectodermal tumor; Brain neoplasm; Melanocytoma; Meningioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DURA MATER; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOCYTOSIS; MENINGEAL MELANOCYTOMA; MENINGIOMA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGES; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; NEVUS; PARIETAL LOBE; RADIOSURGERY; RARE DISEASES; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645096519     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-005-0705-1     Document Type: Article

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