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Tumours on and in the Pons and Medulla oblongata

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Lasers in Neurosurgery

Abstract

Until the early 1970s [106] tumours of the pons and the medulla oblongata were considered inoperable. These tumours occur mainly in childhood and adolescence, but also in adults. The differential diagnosis, especially in the adult patient, includes thrombosis, vascular lesions and AV-malformations with (or without) hemorrhage.

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  1. Neurological Institute of Savannah, P.C., Savannah, Ga., USA

    Edward F. Downing M.D.

  2. Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik, Graz, Austria

    Peter W. Ascher

  3. University Neurosurgery, S.C., Chicago, Ill., USA

    Leonard J. Cerullo M.D.

  4. Houston, Tex., USA

    Charles R. Neblett M.D., P.A.

  5. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tenn., USA

    Jon H. Robertson M.D. (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  6. Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    John M. Tew Jr. M.D.

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Ascher, P.W. (1989). Tumours on and in the Pons and Medulla oblongata. In: Downing, E.F., Ascher, P.W., Cerullo, L.J., Neblett, C.R., Robertson, J.H., Tew, J.M. (eds) Lasers in Neurosurgery. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-7607-8_4

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