Massive congenital intracranial immature teratoma of the lateral ventricle with retro-orbital extension: A case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 338-342

  Arslan, Erhan ^a   Usul, Haydar ^a   Baykal, Süleyman ^a   Acar, Elif ^a   Eyüboǧlu, Eylem Eren ^a   Reis, Abdülkadir ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lateral ventricle; Neonate; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL INTRACRANIAL IMMATURE TERATOMA; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; IRRITABILITY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATERAL VENTRICLES; TERATOMA;

EID: 34447311346     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103319     Document Type: Article

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