Posterior fossa syndrome after surgical removal of a pineal gland tumor

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 417-419

  Ellis, Dana L ^a   Kanter, Julie ^a   Walsh, John W ^a   Drury, Stacy S ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANASTOMOSIS; ANHEDONIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BLUNTED AFFECT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CRANIOTOMY; DIPLOPIA; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MUTISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; UNSTEADINESS; VERTIGO; VOMITING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; APRAXIAS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUTISM; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PINEAL GLAND; PINEALOMA;

EID: 81855189663     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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