Chordoid meningioma arising in the pineal region: A case report

Brain Tumor Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-95

  Fukushima, Shintaro ^a   Terasaki, Mizuhiko ^a   Shigemori, Minoru ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chordoid meningioma; Hypochromic microcytic anemia; Pineal region; Prolonged fever

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEADACHE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGIOMA; PINEALOMA; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 55649111143     PISSN: 14337398     EISSN: 1861387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10014-008-0235-7     Document Type: Article

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