A de novo desmoid tumor of the surgical site following foramen magnum meningioma resection in a patient with Gardner's Syndrome: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-111

  Kenning, Tyler James ^a   Kanwar, Vikramjit S ^a   Qian, Jiang ^a   Deshaies, Eric M ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Desmoid tumor; Foramen magnum; Gardner's syndrome; Meningioma; Skull base

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BIOPSY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RESECTION; DESMOID TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORAMEN MAGNUM; GARDNER SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; ILEOSTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; MENINGIOMA; NECK TUMOR; NEURALGIA; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS, AGGRESSIVE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; GARDNER SYNDROME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 57049128664     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-008-9684-4     Document Type: Article

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