Rosette-forming glioneuronal tumors of the posterior fossa: Report of 6 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-103

  Shah, Manish N ^a   Leonard, Jeffrey R ^a   Perry, Arie ^b  

^a Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor; Neurocytoma; Rosette forming glioneuronal tumor

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CEREBELLAR DYSEMBRYOPLASTIC NEUROEPITHELIAL TUMOR; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIGRAINE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; ROSETTE FORMATION; ROSETTE FORMING GLIONEURONAL TUMOR OF THE POSTERIOR FOSSA; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TERATOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TERATOMA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 75449101452     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.7.PEDS09113     Document Type: Article

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