Rosette-forming glioneuronal tumour of the fourth ventricle with previous intratumoural haemorrhage: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 958-966

  Li, Y M ^a   Li, W Q ^a   Pan, Y ^a   Lu, Y C ^a   Long, N Y ^b   Tao, X F ^a   Yu, Hongyu Y ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Intra tumour haemorrhage; Rosette forming glioneuronal tumour of the fourth ventricle (RGTFV)

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ATAXIA; BLEEDING; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOROID PLEXUS PAPILLOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; GLIA CELL; GLIONEURAL TUMOR; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYALINE DEGENERATION; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INTRATUMORAL HEMORRHAGE; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ROSETTE FORMATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VOMITING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 70349249532     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323000903700342     Document Type: Article

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