Extraventricular neurocytoma in neurofibromatosis Type 1: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-67

  Raja, Ali I ^a   Yeaney, Gabrielle A ^a   Jakacki, Regina I ^a   Hamilton, Ronald L ^a   Pollack, Ian F ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Extraventricular; Neurocytoma; Neurofibromatosis Type 1; Visual pathway tumors

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME CHIASM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIENCEPHALON; EXTRAVENTRICULAR NEUROCYTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OPTIC LOBE; OPTIC NERVE TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEUROCYTOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; OCCIPITAL LOBE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 46849119416     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/2/7/063     Document Type: Article

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