Pineal region tumors: An optimal approach for simultaneous endoscopic third ventriculostomy and biopsy

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Morgenstern, Peter F ^a   Osbun, Nathan ^a   Schwartz, Theodore H ^a   Greenfield, Jeffrey P ^a   Tsiouris, Apostolos John ^a   Souweidane, Mark M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Neuroendoscopy; Pineal gland; Pineal tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PINEALOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIRD VENTRICLE; VENTRICULOSTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955429180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.2.FOCUS10301     Document Type: Article

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