Cerebellopontine angle craniopharyngioma: Case report and literature review

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 158-163

  Powers, Ciaran J ^a   New, Kent C ^a   McLendon, Roger E ^a   Friedman, Allan H ^a   Fuchs, Herbert E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellopontine angle; Craniopharyngioma

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LAMINECTOMY; MICRODISSECTION; NAUSEA; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING;

CALCINOSIS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSURGERY; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 33847380625     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098394     Document Type: Review

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