Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma presenting with life-threatening hemorrhage in a child: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-159

  Wind, Joshua J ^a,b   Kerr, P Benjamin ^a   Sweet, Jennifer A ^a   Deshmukh, Vivek R ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracerebral hemorrhage; Intraparenchymal hemorrhage; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BASAL GANGLION; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRANIECTOMY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MYDRIASIS; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; BRAIN TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 65249149098     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.10.PEDS0837     Document Type: Article

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