Pilomyxoid astrocytoma of the fourth ventricle in an adult

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 150, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1203-1206

  Omura, Tomoko ^a   Nawashiro, Hiroshi ^a   Osada, Hideo ^a   Shima, Katsuji ^a   Tsuda, Hitoshi ^a   Shinsuke, Aida ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fourth ventricle; Pilocytic astrocytoma; Pilomyxoid astrocytoma

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOGEUSIA; LAMINECTOMY; LOUDNESS RECRUITMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PILOMYXOID ASTROCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; SURGICAL APPROACH; TINNITUS; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; HYPERACUSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 55949134016     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-008-0032-4     Document Type: Article

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