Solitary cerebral metastasis from tumor of the testis: Some observations about treatment in two cases

Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 173-175

  Salvati, M ^a   Cervoni, L ^b   Vitale, A M ^c   Raguso, M ^a   Caruso, R ^b   Delfini, R ^c  

^a IRCCS   (Israel)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; non seminomatous germ cell tumor of the testis; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031159715     PISSN: 03920461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02048487     Document Type: Article

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