Unusual case of leptomeningeal dissemination of a diffuse pontine high-grade astrocytoma in a child

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 208-211

  Postovsky, Sergey ^a,b   Eran, Ayelet ^a   Weyl Ben Arush, Myriam ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b MEYER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Brain stem; Diffuse pontine glioma

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; STEROID;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LEPTOMENINGEAL DISSEMINATION; LOW BACK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PONTINE HIGH GRADE ASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMNOLENCE; STRABISMUS; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; PONS;

EID: 42349088998     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000120152     Document Type: Article

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