Cerebellar gangliocytoma presenting with hemifacial spasms: Clinical report, literature review and possible mechanisms

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 150, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 719-724

  Minkin, K ^a   Tzekov, C ^a   Naydenov, E ^a   Ivanov, I ^b   Kulev, O ^a   Romansky, K ^a   Busarsky, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ST IVAN RILSKI   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Cerebellar epilepsy; Cerebellar gangliocytoma; Epilepsy surgery; Subcortical epilepsy

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 46649117641     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-008-1597-7     Document Type: Article

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