Primary anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma with widespread neuroaxis dissemination at diagnosis - A pediatric case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 431-437

  Okazaki, Toshiyuki ^a   Kageji, Teruyoshi ^a   Matsuzaki, Kazuhito ^a   Horiguchi, Hidehisa ^b   Hirose, Takanori ^c   Watanabe, Hiroyoshi ^a   Ohnishi, Toshihiro ^a   Nagahiro, Shinji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Awaji Hospital   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaplastic; Dissemination; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; Primary

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONVULSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MENINGEAL METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY ANAPLASTIC PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, COMPLEX AND MIXED; SPINAL CORD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 69249226389     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-009-9876-6     Document Type: Article

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