Treatment of third ventricular choroid plexus papilloma in an infant with embolization alone: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 579-582

  Wind, Joshua J ^a   Bell, Randy S ^b,c   Bank, William O ^c   Myseros, John S ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus papilloma; Embolization; Papilloma; Third ventricle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CHOROID PLEXUS PAPILLOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAPILLOMA, CHOROID PLEXUS; THIRD VENTRICLE;

EID: 78649885654     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.9.PEDS1039     Document Type: Article

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