Chordoid glioma: Report of two rare examples with unusual features

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-300

  Jain, D ^a   Sharma, M C ^a   Sarkar, C ^a   Suri, V ^a   Rishi, A ^a   Garg, A ^a   Vaishya, S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chordoid glioma; Ependymoma; Glioma; Histopathology; Male; Paediatric; Tanycytic

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHORDOID GLIOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPENDYMA CELL; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; EPENDYMOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RARE DISEASES; THIRD VENTRICLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 40849119679     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-008-1420-x     Document Type: Article

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