Posterior fossa gangliocytoma with facial nerve invasion: case report
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Posterior fossa gangliocytoma with facial nerve invasion: case report.
A 5 year-old boy with a cerebellar gangliocytoma with a peripheral right facial paresis and ataxia is presented. His MRI showed a heterogenous, diffuse lesion, isointense on T1 and hyperintense on T2-weigthed sequences, involving the right cerebellar hemisphere with direct extension into the right facial nerve. The present case is the first description of a gangliocytoma with direct facial nerv...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2003000200022