A rare case of congenital choroid plexus carcinoma

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 643-646

  Wilhelm, Miriam ^a,c   Hirsch, Wolfgang ^b   Merkenschlager, Andreas ^b   Stepan, Holger ^b   Geyer, Christian ^a   Kiess, Wieland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Department of Pediatric Radiology ^*  (Germany)

^c OLGAHOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus carcinoma; Choroid plexus neoplasms; Congenital brain tumor; Fetal brain tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL CHOROID PLEXUS CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84866918570     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08880018.2012.710298     Document Type: Article

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