Mature teratoma in association with neural tube defect (Occipital Encephalocele): Series of four cases and review of the literature

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 67-72

  Goyal, Nishant ^a   Singh, Pankaj Kumar ^a   Kakkar, Aanchal ^a   Sharma, Meher Chand ^a   Mahapatra, Ashok Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Association; Children; Congenital malformation; Mature teratoma; Occipital encephalocele

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENINGITIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL ENCEPHALOCELE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TERATOMA;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TERATOMA;

EID: 84870993606     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339090     Document Type: Article

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