Development of a symptomatic intracranial meningioma in a male-to-female transsexual after initiation of hormone therapy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1324-1326

  Deipolyi, Amy R ^a   Han, Seunggu J ^b   Parsa, Andrew T ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Meningioma; Sex hormone; Transsexual

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; ESTROGEN THERAPY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; MENINGIOMA; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; RISK FACTORS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 77955660312     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.01.036     Document Type: Article

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