'Miliary' metastatic tumors in the brain. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 564-566

  Bhushan, Chhabi ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CommerCentre East ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

brain neoplasm; metastasis; miliary

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031032473     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.86.3.0564     Document Type: Article

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