Suprasellar ganglioglioma with unusual diffuse involvement of the entire optico-chiasmal hypothalamic pathway

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 140-143

  Jalali, Rakesh ^a   Deopujari, Chandrashekar ^b   Bhutani, Ritu ^b   Suhas, U ^b   Rajasekharan, Preetha ^b   Kane, Shubdha ^b   Gupta, Tejpal ^b  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chiasmal hypothalamic tumors; Ganglioglioma; Histopathology; Imaging; Optic apparatus

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; OPTIC TRACT; RADIATION DOSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELLA TURCICA; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; SUPRASELLAR GANGLIOGLIOMA; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPTIC CHIASM; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 53749089573     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.43151     Document Type: Article

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