Mature cerebellar teratoma in adulthood

Neuropathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-180

  Beschorner, Rudi ^a   Schittenhelm, Jens ^a   Bueltmann, Eva ^b,d   Ritz, Rainer ^c   Meyermann, Richard ^a   Mittelbronn, Michel ^a  

^a Institute for Brain Research   (Germany)

^b Department of Neuroradiology ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult; Cerebellar; Extragonadal; Hemorrhage; Mature teratoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; CYTOKERATIN 7; CYTOKERATIN ANTIBODY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NAUSEA; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION; TERATOMA; TUMOR BLEEDING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VERTIGO;

AGED; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TERATOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 62749139513     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2008.00940.x     Document Type: Article

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