Extraventricular subependymal giant cell tumor in a child with tuberous sclerosis complex: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-90

  Bollo, Robert J ^a   Berliner, Jonathan L ^a   Fischer, Ingeborg ^a   Miles, Daniel K ^a   Thiele, Elizabeth A ^b   Zagzag, Davi ^a   Weiner, Howard L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Subependymal giant cell tumor; Tuberous sclerosis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VIGABATRIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EXTRAVENTRICULAR SUBEPENDYMAL GIANT CELL TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; TUMOR GROWTH;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GIANT CELL TUMORS; HUMANS; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 67650149717     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.3.PEDS08225     Document Type: Article

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