Anaplastic ependymoma of the fourth ventricle causing obstrictive hydrocephalus
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Anaplastic ependymoma of the fourth ventricle causing obstrictive hydrocephalus.
SummaryEpendymomas are relatively uncommon and present with a spectrum of biological and clinical characteristics that make specific recommendations regarding their treatment difficult and assignment of prognostic factors controversial. The case of fourth ventricular anaplastic epednymoma in a four-year-old child is reported in which the initial presentation was deterioration of the level of co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ghana Medical Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0855-0328
DOI: 10.4314/gmj.v39i1.35979