An astroblastoma mimicking a cavernous malformation: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Tumialán, Luis M ^a   Brat, Daniel J ^a   Fountain, Arthur J ^a   Barrow, Daniel L ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Astroblastoma; Cavernous malformation; Intraparenchymal hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROBLASTOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL;

EID: 33847420443     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000255336.80285.70     Document Type: Article

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