A case of high-grade undifferentiated sarcoma after surgical resection and stereotactic radiosurgery of a vestibular schwannoma

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Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 179-183

  Yang, Tong ^a   Rockhill, Jason ^a   Born, Donald E ^a   Sekhar, Laligam N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Malignant transformation; Radiosurgery; Secondary malignancy; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

EID: 77951053557     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: 15320065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1242195     Document Type: Article

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