Intraventricular metaplastic meningioma in a child: Case report and review of the literature

Neuropathology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 708-712

  Dulai, Mohanpal Singh ^a   Khan, Abdul Majid ^a   Edwards, Michael S B ^a   Vogel, Hannes ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chordoid meningioma; Intraventricular meningioma; Metaplastic meningioma; Myxoid meningioma; Pediatric meningioma

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MENINGIOMA; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING;

CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGIOMA;

EID: 70449642651     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2009.01008.x     Document Type: Article

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