Gliosarcoma with infratemporal fossa extension. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 904-907

  Sade, Burak ^a   Prayson, Richard A ^a   Lee, Joung H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gliosarcoma; Infratemporal fossa; Skull base

Indexed keywords

TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GLIOSARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; CRANIOTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; S100 PROTEINS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID SINUS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33845500318     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.6.904     Document Type: Article

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