Neurocytoma of the cerebellum

BACKGROUND: Neurocytomas are benign central nervous system tumor composed of small cells with characteristics of neuronal differentiation; they are usually located in the supratentorial periventricular region, in close relation to the septum pellucidum and the foramen of Monro. CASE DESCRIPTION: Her...

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Autores principales: Ogiwara, Hideki, Dubner, Steve, Bigio, Eileen, Chandler, James
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3086174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21541206
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.78246
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author Ogiwara, Hideki
Dubner, Steve
Bigio, Eileen
Chandler, James
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Dubner, Steve
Bigio, Eileen
Chandler, James
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description BACKGROUND: Neurocytomas are benign central nervous system tumor composed of small cells with characteristics of neuronal differentiation; they are usually located in the supratentorial periventricular region, in close relation to the septum pellucidum and the foramen of Monro. CASE DESCRIPTION: Herein we report a rare case of a neurocytoma located in the cerebellar hemisphere. To date there are only four such reported cases. CONCLUSION: Neurocytomas should be considered in the differential diagnosis of mass lesions in the cerebellum.
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spelling pubmed-30861742011-05-03 Neurocytoma of the cerebellum Ogiwara, Hideki Dubner, Steve Bigio, Eileen Chandler, James Surg Neurol Int Case Report BACKGROUND: Neurocytomas are benign central nervous system tumor composed of small cells with characteristics of neuronal differentiation; they are usually located in the supratentorial periventricular region, in close relation to the septum pellucidum and the foramen of Monro. CASE DESCRIPTION: Herein we report a rare case of a neurocytoma located in the cerebellar hemisphere. To date there are only four such reported cases. CONCLUSION: Neurocytomas should be considered in the differential diagnosis of mass lesions in the cerebellum. Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3086174/ /pubmed/21541206 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.78246 Text en Copyright: © 2011 Ogiwara H http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ogiwara, Hideki
Dubner, Steve
Bigio, Eileen
Chandler, James
Neurocytoma of the cerebellum
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3086174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21541206
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.78246
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