Solitary subependymal giant cell astrocytoma: A forme fruste of tuberous sclerosis complex?

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 585-591

  Kawahara, Ichiro ^a,b   Tsutsumi, Keisuke ^c   Hirose, Makoto ^c   Matsuo, Yoshitaka ^c   Yokoyama, Hiroaki ^c  

^a Nagasaki Rousai Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Forme fruste; Intraventricular tumor; Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma; Tuberous sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HEMANGIOFIBROMA; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SEIZURE; SUBEPENDYMOMA; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 4544364945     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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