CONCURRENT ADJACENT MENINGIOMA AND ASTROCYTOMA - A REPORT OF 3 CASES AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Authors
DAVIS GA FABINYI GCA KALNINS RM BRAZENOR GA ROGERS MA
Citation
Ga. Davis et al., CONCURRENT ADJACENT MENINGIOMA AND ASTROCYTOMA - A REPORT OF 3 CASES AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, Neurosurgery, 36(3), 1995, pp. 599-604
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Neurosciences
Journal title
Neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
0148396X
Volume
36
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
599 - 604
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-396X(1995)36:3<599:CAMAA->2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
THREE PATIENTS PRESENTING with an adjacent meningioma and astrocytoma are described. A review of the literature discusses several modes of n euroimaging and the difficulties in diagnosing simultaneous adjacent t umors. Aspects of the pathology and etiology of these tumors are also reviewed.