Optic nerve breast metastasis mimicking meningioma

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 247-249

  Backhouse, O ^a   Simmons, I ^a   Frank, A ^a   Cassels Brown, A ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast metastasis; Meningioma; Optic nerve

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; OPTIC NERVE TUMOR; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 0031854949     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1998.tb01320.x     Document Type: Article

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