Pilomyxoid astrocytoma with involvement of the sella turcica in an adolescent

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1648-1649

  Alimohamadi, Maysam ^a   Bidabadi, Mohammad Shirani ^a   Ayan, Zahra ^a   Ketabchi, Ebrahim ^a   Amirjamshidi, Abbas ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Pediatric brain tumor; Pilocytic astrocytoma; Pilyomyxoid astrocytoma; Sellar lesion; Suprasellar lesion

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; EOSIN; GADOLINIUM; HEMATOXYLIN; PROLACTIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PILOMYXOID ASTROCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD; STAINING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SELLA TURCICA; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 70350728412     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.01.035     Document Type: Article

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