Infantile clivus chordoma without clivus involvement: Case report and review of the literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1369-1374

  Kombogiorgas, D ^a   St George, E J ^a   Chapman, S ^a   English, M ^a   Solanki, Guirish A ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Clivus; Intracranial tumour; Tuberous sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DOXORUBICIN; GADOLINIUM; IFOSFAMIDE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLIVUS CHORDOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COUGHING; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEEDING DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SYMPTOM; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; CHORDOMA; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; HUMANS; MALE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 33749036879     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0069-8     Document Type: Article

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