Brain metastasis of merkel cell carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 54-57

  Ikawa, Fusao ^a   Kiya, Katsuzo ^b   Uozumi, Tohru ^b   Yuki, Kiyoshi ^b   Takeshita, Shinichiro ^a   Hamasaki, Osamu ^b   Arita, Kazunori ^a   Kurisu, Kaoru ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Merkel cell carcinoma; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032768875     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101430050010     Document Type: Article

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