Intracranial kaposiform hemangioendothelioma: Proposal of a new malignant variant - Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-150

  Cho, Won Sang ^a   Kim, Seung Ki ^a   Park, Sung Hye ^a   Cho, Byung Kyu ^a  

^a Seoul National University Children's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Intracranial; Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma; Kasabach Merritt syndrome; Malignant; Tentorium cerebelli

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; LIVER ENZYME; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CHILD; DEATH; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; EXOPHTHALMOS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEVER; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL KAPOSIFORM HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBELLUM; CLASSIFICATION; DURA MATER; INFANT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; PATHOLOGY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLUM; DURA MATER; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 65249160234     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.11.PEDS08171     Document Type: Article

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