Conventional and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging findings in a pediatric patient with a posterior fossa brain tumor and papilledema

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 414-418

  Pakzad Vaezi, Kaivon ^a   Cochrane, Doug ^a   Sargent, Michael ^a   Singhal, Ash ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Intracranial pressure; Magnetic resonance imaging; Papilledema

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; IRRITABILITY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; OPTIC NERVE; PAPILLEDEMA; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TUMOR VOLUME; VOMITING;

CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAPILLEDEMA; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73249150561     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000270156     Document Type: Article

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