Anaplastic ganglioglioma arising from a Lhermitte-Duclos-like lesion: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 137-142

  Takei, Hidehiro ^a,b   Dauser, Robert ^a   Su, Jack ^a   Chintagumpala, Murali ^a   Bhattacharjee, Meenakshi B ^a   Jones, Jeremy ^a   Adesina, Adekunle M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplastic ganglioglioma; Cerebellum; Immunohistochemistry; Lhermitte Duclos disease; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CONGENITAL TUMOR; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANAPLASIA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HAMARTOMA SYNDROME, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 59649115727     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED-07/08/137     Document Type: Article

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