Transitional Cell Carcinoma presenting as a solitary brain lesion: A case report and review of the world literature

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-94

  Clatterbuck, Richard E ^a   Sampath, Prakash ^a,b   Olivi, Alessandro ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Transitional cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; VINBLASTINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; FATAL OUTCOME; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHOTREXATE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; VINBLASTINE;

EID: 0031708999     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005918508317     Document Type: Article

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