Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor of the velum interpositum presenting as a spontaneous intraventricular hemorrhage in an infant: Case report with long-term survival

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-192

  Donovan, Daniel J ^a,b   Smith, Alice B ^b   Petermann, Gregory W ^b  

^a Neurosurgery Service   (United States)

^b TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor; Brain neoplasm; Hemorrhage; Velum interpositum

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL TERATOID RHABDOID TUMOR; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICULOSCOPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOID TUMOR; TERATOMA; VELUM INTERPOSITUM;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; REOPERATION; RHABDOID TUMOR; SURVIVORS; TERATOMA; THIRD VENTRICLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 33646106579     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091866     Document Type: Article

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