Pilomyxoid astrocytoma in a patient presenting with fatal hemorrhage: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 244-246

  Hamada, Hideo ^a   Kurimoto, Masanori ^a   Hayashi, Nakamasa ^a   Nagai, Shoichi ^a   Kurosaki, Kunikazu ^a   Nomoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Kanegane, Hirokazu ^a   Nomura, Keiko ^a   Endo, Shunro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemorrhage; Pilomyxoid astrocytoma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; VINCRISTINE;

ASTROCYTOMA; BLEEDING; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE HEMORRHAGE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMATOSE PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PILOMYXOID ASTROCYTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TUMOR BLEEDING; VOMITING;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; THIRD VENTRICLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40449127008     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/1/3/244     Document Type: Review

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