Giant chordoid meningioma symptomatic immediately after pregnancy: Report of a rare case

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 163-168

  Bakar, B ^a   Sav, A ^b   Tekkok, I H ^c  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ACIBADEM HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Mesa Hospital Cankaya   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chordoid meningioma; Pregnancy; Progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; MIDAZOLAM; MUCIN; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; DYSGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; GIANT CHORDOID MENINGIOMA; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MENINGIOMA; MYDRIASIS; PAIN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 77953304745     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/npp29163     Document Type: Article

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