Malignant transformation eight years after removal of a benign epidermoid cyst: A case report

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-72

  Tamura, Kaoru ^a   Aoyagi, Masaru ^a   Wakimoto, Hiroaki ^a   Tamaki, Masashi ^a   Yamamoto, Kohei ^a   Yamamoto, Masaaki ^b   Ohno, Kikuo ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Katsuta Hospital Mito Gamma House   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cerebellopontine angle; Epidermoid cyst; Gamma knife; Malignant transformation; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CYTOKERATIN 7; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CASE REPORT; CHEMOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EPIDERMOID CYST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LONG TERM CARE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOPHOBIA; PONS ANGLE; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; EPIDERMAL CYST; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 33745964838     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-005-9117-6     Document Type: Article

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