Pathophysiological mechanism of ipsilateral cerebral and brainstem hemiatrophy in basal ganglia germ cell tumors: Case report

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 693-699

  Wong, Sui To ^a   Yuen, Shing Chau ^a   Fong, Dawson ^a  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Germ cell tumor; Ipsilateral cerebral and brainstem hemiatrophy; Lenticulostriate arteries

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN STEM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIENCEPHALON; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THALAMUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRUM; CHILD; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 67349214345     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-008-0787-1     Document Type: Article

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