Papillary tumor of the pineal region - A recently described entity: A report of three cases and review of the literature

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 295-302

  Sharma, Mehar C ^a   Jain, D ^a   Sarkar, C ^a   Suri, V ^a   Garg, A ^a   Sharma, B S ^a   Mehta, V S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Brain; Papillary tumor; Pathology; Pineal region; Pineoblastoma; Pineocytoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; GAZE PARALYSIS; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PINEAL PAPILLARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING;

EID: 69249127564     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/npp28295     Document Type: Article

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