Very late cerebral metastasis from malignant melanoma

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-65

  Puca, A ^a,b   Vari, R ^a   Carbone, A ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Cranial CT; Malignant melanoma; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031931682     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699845573     Document Type: Article

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