Anaplastic astroblastoma presenting as massive, sudden-onset, intraparenchymal hemorrhage

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 457-461

  Johnson, Karen A ^a   Bonnin, Jose M ^a   Boaz, Joel C ^a   Douglas Akinwande, Annette C ^a   Hattab, Eyas M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astroblastoma; Brain neoplasm; High grade glioma; Low grade glioma

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CELL PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEPARIN; INI 1 PROTEIN; OSMOTIC DIURETIC AGENT; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ANAPLASTIC ASTROBLASTOMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMATOSE PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LEG THROMBOSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPEUTIC HYPERVENTILATION; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79955442991     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325071     Document Type: Article

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