Primary intracranial myxoma of the parietal region. Illustrated case report

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-160

  Menon, Ram Kumar ^a   Goel, Atul ^a   Shah, Abhidha ^a   Goel, Naina ^a   Rajashekharan, Preetha ^b  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral parenchyma; Intracranial; Myxoma

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; MYXOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PARIETAL LOBE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYXOMA; PARIETAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43149095555     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-008-9555-z     Document Type: Article

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