Brainstem astroblastoma: a case report and review of the literature

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-205

  Notarianni, Christina ^a   Akin, Michelle ^a   Fowler, Marjorie ^b   Nanda, Anil ^a  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Astroblastoma; Brainstem; Tumor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAINSTEM ASTROBLASTOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MITOSIS; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ROSETTE FORMATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL;

EID: 38749116954     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.12.045     Document Type: Article

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