Congenital intracranial teratoma with massive macrocephaly and skull rupture

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-4

  Bolat, Filiz ^a   Kayaselcuk, Fazilet ^a   Tarim, Ebru ^a   Kilicdag, Esra ^a   Bal, Nebil ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Congenital immature teratoma; Fetal brain tumor; Massive macrocephaly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROCEPHALY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SKULL INJURY; TERATOMA;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RUPTURE; SKULL; TERATOMA;

EID: 37049036351     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109216     Document Type: Article

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