Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma of the cerebellopontine angle in a child

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1479-1482

  Kurschel, Senta ^a   Lellouch Tubiana, Arielle ^a   Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^b   Sainte Rose, Christian ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebellopontine angle; Pediatric; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BALANCE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSMETRIA; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; PONS ANGLE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750472301     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0164-x     Document Type: Article

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