Intracranial subfrontal schwannoma treated with surgery and 3D conformal radiotherapy

Neurology India

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 248-250

  Prasad, D ^a   Jalali, Rakesh ^a   Shet, T ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral parenchyma; Neurofibromatosis; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MICROSCOPY; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURILEMMOMA; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 4344675183     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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