Pediatric cerebellar pilomyxoid-spectrum astrocytomas: Report of 2 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-96

  Forbes, Jonathan A ^a   Mobley, Bret C ^a   O'Lynnger, Thomas M ^a   Cooper, Calvin M ^b   Ghiassi, Mahan ^a   Hanif, Rimal ^b   Pearson, Matthew M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Cerebellar; Children; Neoplasm; Oncology; Pilomyxoid; T2 hyperintensity

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; ATAXIA; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR GLIAL NEOPLASM; CEREBELLAR PILOMYXOID SPECTRUM ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; PILOMYXOID TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEAKNESS;

ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGES; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79960271832     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.4.PEDS1115     Document Type: Article

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