Gliomatosis peritonei associated with a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-99

  Lobotesis, K ^a   U King Im, J M ^a   Cross, J J ^a   Gillard, J H ^a   Antoun, N M ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PERITONEAL GLIOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHORISTOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROGLIA; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 57349097593     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.08.015     Document Type: Article

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