Medulloblastoma with extensive nodularity undergoing post-therapeutic maturation to a gangliocytoma: A case report and literature review

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 381-384

  Chelliah, Daniel ^a,e   Mensah Sarfo Poku, Christian ^b   Stea, Baldassarre D ^c   Gardetto, Jennifer ^d   Zumwalt, Jonathan ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal neuronal differentiation; Gangliocytoma; Medulloblastoma; Medulloblastoma with extensive nodularity; Medulloblastoma, maturation

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL MATURATION; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DRUG MEGADOSE; FOLLOW UP; GANGLION; GANGLIONEUROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROIMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 79952337984     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322896     Document Type: Article

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