Correlation between magnetic resonance imaging findings and histological diagnosis of intrinsic brainstem lesions in adults

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 381-385

  Dellaretti, Marcos ^a,b,c   Touzet, Gustavo ^a   Reyns, Nicolas ^a   Dubois, Franois ^a   Gusmão, Sebastião ^c   Pereira, Júlio Leonardo Barbosa ^b   Blond, Serge ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte ^*  (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

biopsy; brainstem tumors; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; GLIOMA; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859518417     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: 15235866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nor215     Document Type: Article

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