Multifocal complex glioneuronal tumor in an elderly man: An autopsy study: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Lu, Jian Qiang ^a   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^b   Sharma, Pranshu ^a   Scott, James N ^a   Parney, Ian F ^a   Hader, Walter ^a   Burger, Peter C ^c   Clark, Arthur W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor; Multicentricity; Pilocytic astrocytoma; Rosette forming glioneuronal tumor; Third ventricle

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DYSEMBRYOPLASTIC NEUROEPITHELIAL TUMOR; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEAD INJURY; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSETTE FORMATION; ROSETTE FORMING GLIONEURONAL TUMOR; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 68049109436     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000345640.40566.48     Document Type: Article

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