Radiation-induced meningioma concealed by shunt valve artifact: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Singleton, Richard H ^a   Kellermier, Harry ^a   Lunsford, L Dade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Magnetic resonance imaging; Meningioma; Nervous system trauma; Radiation induced neoplasm; Radiotherapy; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETISM; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; SCREENING;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 42449094664     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000317325.71483.ac     Document Type: Article

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