Spontaneous malignant transformation of a supratentorial pilocytic astrocytoma

Neurocirugia

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-252

  Otero Rodríguez, Álvaro ^a   Sarabia Herrero, R ^a   Garcia Tejeiro M ^a   Zamora Martinez T ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Malignant transformation; Pilocytic astrocytoma; Prognosis; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CRANIOTOMY; DIPLOPIA; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CELL TRANSFORMATION; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956626004     PISSN: 11301473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-1473(10)70084-1     Document Type: Article

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