Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the cavernous sinus: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Attabib, Najmedden A ^a,b   West, Michael ^a   Rhodes, Roy H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Cavernous sinus; Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumors

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE; EWS FLI1 FUSION PROTEIN; EWS-FLI1 FUSION PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FLI 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EWING SARCOMA; EWS FLI1 GENE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUSION GENE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEADACHE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION; MAXILLARY NERVE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUROIMAGING; NEUTROPENIA; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PERIPHERAL PRIMITIVE NEUROECTODERMAL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SYMPTOM; THORACIC CAVITY; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY;

CAVERNOUS SINUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE, PERIPHERAL; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEIN C-FLI-1;

EID: 33646840837     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000210215.73374.EE     Document Type: Article

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