Intraoperative arachnoid and cerebrospinal fluid sampling in children with posterior fossa brain tumors

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-78

  Souweidane, Mark M ^a,d   Morgenstern, Peter F ^b   Christos, Paul J ^b   Edgar, Mark A ^a   Khakoo, Yasmin ^a   Rutka, James T ^c   Dunkel, Ira J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoid membrane; Cisterna magna; Medulloblastoma; Operative staging; Posterior fossa brain tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN ARACHNOID; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHILD; CISTERNA MAGNA; EPENDYMOMA; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARACHNOID; ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651148438     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000348011.98625.43     Document Type: Article

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