Pilomyxoid astrocytoma of the spinal cord with cerebrospinal fluid and peritoneal metastasis

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 243-245

  Arulrajah, Sahayini ^a   Huisman, T A G M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Brain; Metastases; Peritoneal cavity; Pilomyxoid; Shunt; Spinal cord; Ventriculoperitoneal

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID METASTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KNEE PAIN; LETHARGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PAPILLEDEMA; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PILOMYXOID ASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL IRRADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 59849083579     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1103273     Document Type: Article

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