A true malignant schwannoma of the eighth cranial nerve: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Gonzalez, L Fernando ^a   Lekovic, Gregory P ^a   Eschbacher, Jennifer ^a   Coons, Stephen ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Cranial nerve; Malignant nerve peripheral tumors; Malignant schwannoma

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MALIGNANT NEURILEMOMA; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NERVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ADULT; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; DURA MATER; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 34548391434     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000255517.19709.FC     Document Type: Article

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