Yolk sac tumor of the bilateral basal ganglia in a patient with Down syndrome

Brain Tumor Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 247-252

  Sugimoto, Kazutaka ^a   Ideguchi, Makoto ^a   Sadahiro, Hirokazu ^a   Yoshikawa, Koichi ^a   Goto, Hisaharu ^a   Nomura, Sadahiro ^a   Fujii, Masami ^a   Suzuki, Michiyasu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Down syndrome; Germ cell tumor; Yolk sac tumor

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IFOSFAMIDE; PLATINUM COMPLEX;

ADOLESCENT; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE DURATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RARE DISEASE; SIGNAL DETECTION; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CISPLATIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOWN SYNDROME; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IFOSFAMIDE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887219566     PISSN: 14337398     EISSN: 1861387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10014-012-0134-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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