A case of pilomyxoid astrocytoma presenting with CSF rhinorrhoea in a 15-year-old

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 545-547

  French, P J ^a   Barlow, A ^a   Barlow, P ^a   Jampana, R V ^a   Stewart, W ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CSF rhinorrhoea; Pilocytic astrocytoma; Pilomyxoid astrocytoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHEMOTHERAPY; CRANIOTOMY; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PILOMYXOID ASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE;

EID: 70350057755     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690902814733     Document Type: Article

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