Cerebellar gliomatosis in a toddler: Case report of a challenging condition and review of the literature

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 511-520

  Chadarévian, Jean Pierre De ^a   Legido, Agustin ^a   Halligan, Gregory E ^a   Faerber, Eric N ^b   Piatt, Joseph H ^b   Morrissette, Jennifer D ^a   Ara, Jahan ^a   Grant, Mitzie L ^b   Katsetos, Christos D ^a  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebellum; glioma; gliomatosis; neoplasm; oligodendroglial differentiation

Indexed keywords

TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR GLIOMATOSIS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSARTHRIA; DYSMETRIA; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTEADINESS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DACARBAZINE; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROSURGERY; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIMENTIN;

EID: 84859372970     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073811419315     Document Type: Article

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