Metastatic involvement of the Meckel's cave and trigeminal nerve. A case report

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-90

  Mastronardi, Luciano ^a,c   Lunardi, Pierpaolo ^b   Farah, Jibril Osman ^b   Puzzilli, Fabrizio ^b  

^a Civilian Hospital of Terni   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Meckel's cave tumors; Metastasis; Surgery; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROSURGERY; PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 0031040261     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005787624383     Document Type: Article

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