Medulloblastoma with extensive nodularity: US, CT and MRI findings

Polish Journal of Radiology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 32-35

  Bekiesińska Figatowska, Monika ^a   Jurkiewicz, Elzbieta ^b   Uliasz, Maria ^a   Mazurczak, Tomasz ^a   Barszcz, Sławomir ^b   Grajkowska, Wiesława ^b   Roszkowski, Marcin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Poland)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Medulloblastoma with extensive nodularity (MBEN); Ultrasound (US)

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DYSPLASIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MACROCEPHALY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MEDULLOBLASTOMA WITH EXTENSIVE NODULARITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RHABDOID TUMOR;

EID: 69249108808     PISSN: 1733134X     EISSN: 18990967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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