Lhermitte-Duclos disease presenting with hydrocephalus

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 113, 2012, Pages 161-165

  Yang, Mun Sul ^a   Kim, Choong Hyun ^a   Cheong, Jin Hwan ^a   Kim, Jae Min ^a  

^a Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebellar signs; Gangliocytoma; Hydrocephalus; Lhermitte Duclos disease; Shunt

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE; CRANIOTOMY; DROWSINESS; EPISODIC VERTIGO; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LHERMITTE DUCLOS DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; SHUNTING; VERTIGO; VOMITING; CONGENITAL TUMOR;

AGED; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA SYNDROME, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84555187089     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: 00016268     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0923-6_32     Document Type: Article

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