Intraventricular chordoid meningioma in a child: Fever of unknown origin, clinical course, and response to treatment: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 478-481

  Nambiar, Ajit ^c   Pillai, Ashok ^a   Parmar, Chirag ^b   Panikar, Dilip ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b N M Virani Wockhardt Hospital   (India)

^c KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Castleman disease; Chordoid meningioma; Fever of unknown origin; Oncology; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHORDOID MENINGIOMA; DISEASE COURSE; EXCISION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NOTOCHORD; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870683495     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.9.PEDS11398     Document Type: Article

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