Use of 5-aminolevulinic acid for visualization and resection of a benign pediatric brain tumor: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 484-486

  Ruge, John R ^a   Liu, Jonathan ^b  

^a Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 ALA; Flurescence guided resection; Glioma

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUORESCENT DYE; OXCARBAZEPINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; AUTOMATISM; BENIGN TUMOR; BLUE LIGHT; BRAIN TISSUE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILLUMINATION; INTERVENTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SWALLOWING; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUMOR VOLUME; WHITE LIGHT;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 70449671189     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.6.PEDS08428     Document Type: Article

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