Radiological findings following postsurgical intratumoral bleomycin injection for cystic craniopharyngioma

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 236-241

  Kim, Sang Dae ^a   Park, Jung Yul ^a   Park, Juno ^a   Lee, Jang Bo ^a   Kim, Se Hoon ^a   Lim, Dong Jun ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bleomycin; Craniopharyngioma; Intratumoral injection; Radiological findings

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NAUSEA; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BLEOMYCIN; BRAIN; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847062089     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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