Primary cerebellopontine angle craniopharyngioma in a patient with Gardner syndrome: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 330-333

  Aquilina, Kristian ^a,b   O'Brien, Donncha F ^a   Farrell, Michael A ^a   Bolger, Ciaran ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebellopontine angle; Craniopharyngioma; Gardner syndrome; Polyposis; Turcot syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AMELOBLASTOMA; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CRANIOTOMY; FAMILY HISTORY; GARDNER SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PONS ANGLE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CEREBELLUM; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FIBROMA; GARDNER SYNDROME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33747299251     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.2.330     Document Type: Review

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