Imaging findings of extraventricular neurocytoma: Report of 3 cases and review of the literature

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 581-585

  Yang, G F ^a   Wu, S Y ^b   Zhang, L J ^a   Lu, G M ^a   Tian, W ^c   Shah, K ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Medical Imaging Institute of Tianjin   (China)

^c KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYTOMA; PARIETAL LOBE; SELLA TURCICA;

EID: 64649085171     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1279     Document Type: Article

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