Teratoma within an encephalocele: Common etiology or coincidence - Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 263-265

  Radmanesh, Farid ^a   Nejat, Farideh ^a   Monajemzadeh, Maryam ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Encephalocele; Pediatric neurosurgery; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; TERATOMA;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; TERATOMA;

EID: 38449122712     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED-07/09/263     Document Type: Article

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