Neuroblastoma involvement of the falx cerebri

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1337-1339

  Quackenbush, Katherine Elizabeth ^a   Luna Fineman, Sandra ^b   Magee, James Fergall ^a,c   Gundogan, Munire ^c   Golobi, Mahin ^b   Irie, Takeshi ^d   Fernandez, Conrad Vincent ^a,e  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Pediatric Pathology ^*  (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Falx cerebri; Metastases; Neuroblastoma; Stage 4S

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CD99 ANTIGEN; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MITF PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALX CEREBRI NEUROBLASTOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; CELL LINEAGE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DURA MATER; GENETICS; MENINGIOMA; METASTASIS; NEURAL CREST; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY VEIN; REMISSION; SKIN TUMOR; WAARDENBURG SYNDROME;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; CELL LINEAGE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; DURA MATER; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEURAL CREST; NEUROBLASTOMA; PULMONARY VEINS; REMISSION INDUCTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WAARDENBURG'S SYNDROME;

EID: 70449701993     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22192     Document Type: Article

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