Early surgery of hamartoma of the floor of the fourth ventricle: A case report

Brain and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 347-351

  Park, Young Seok ^a   Oh, Min Chul ^a   Kim, Heung Dong ^a   Kim, Dong Seok ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebellar neoplasm; Fourth ventricle; Hamartoma; Hemifacial spasm; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; PHENOBARBITAL; SENTIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CRANIECTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; EYELID REFLEX; HAMARTOMA; HEMISPHERE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTERVENTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; LHERMITTE DUCLOS DISEASE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REMISSION; REOPERATION; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM;

AGE OF ONSET; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HAMARTOMA; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64649098136     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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