Cerebellopontine angle meningeal melanocytoma: A rare tumor in an uncommon location. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1094-1097

  Gupta, Aditya ^a   Ahmad, Faiz U ^a   Sharma, Mehar C ^a   Garg, Ajay ^a   Mehta, Veer S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Brain; Cerebellopontine angle; Melanocytoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MELANOCYTOSIS; MENINGEAL MELANOCYTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANINS; MELANOMA; MENINGIOMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34249865894     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2007.106.6.1094     Document Type: Review

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