Myxopapillary ependymoma of lumbosacral region with metastasis to both cerebellopontine angles: Report of a rare case

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1209-1213

  Mridha, A R ^a   Sharma, Mehar C ^a   Sarkar, C ^a   Suri, V ^a   Rishi, A ^a   Garg, A ^a   Suri, A ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Ependymoma; Glioma; Metastasis; Myxopapillary ependymoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPENDYMOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINOPLASTY; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX DISORDER; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EPENDYMOMA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548640201     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0423-5     Document Type: Article

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