Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma: Case report

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 495-499

  Avci, Emel ^a   Öztürk, Adil ^b   Baba, Füsun ^a   Torun, Fuat ^a   Karabaǧ, Hamza ^a   Yücetaş, Seyho ^a  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Samatya Training and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pediatric patient

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DESMOPLASTIC INFANTILE GANGLIOGLIOMA; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOMNOLENCE; ANTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA; BRAIN TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INFANT; METHODOLOGY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL FOSSA, ANTERIOR; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149377126     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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