Pilocytic astrocytoma developing at the site of a previously treated medulloblastoma in a child

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-292

  Koksal, Yavuz ^a   Toy, Hatice ^a   Unal, Ekrem ^a   Baysal, Tamer ^a   Esen, Hasan ^a   Paksoy, Yahya ^a   Ustun, M Erkan ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Medulloblastoma; Pilocytic astrocytoma; Second cancers

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; LOMUSTINE; PROCARBAZINE; RETICULIN; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND PARESTHESIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39049143317     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0444-0     Document Type: Article

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