Death due to thyroid metastases from renal cell carcinoma

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 267-269

  Brown, R S D ^a,d   Mawdsley, S ^b   Duchesne, G M ^c  

^a MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^d MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metastases; Renal cell carcinoma; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NECK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCINTISCANNING; STRIDOR; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031667506     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0936-6555(98)80017-4     Document Type: Article

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