Therapeutic difficulty in a case of supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor diagnosed during pregnancy

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-42

  Sarica, Feyzi Birol ^a   Tufan, Kadir ^a   Sen, Orhan ^a   Erdogan, Bulent ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Multidisciplinary treatment; Pregnancy; Supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CRANIOTOMY; DEATH; DYSPHASIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GESTATION PERIOD; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IMMINENT ABORTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PREGNANCY; PRIMIPARA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THERAPY DELAY; TUMOR BLEEDING; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 63249134100     PISSN: 20053711     EISSN: 15987876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2009.45.1.39     Document Type: Article

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