Diaphragma sellae metastasis from colon carcinoma mimicking a meningioma. A case report

Neurochirurgie

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 160-163

  Neroni, M ^a   Artico, M ^a   Pastore, F S ^a   Esposito, S ^b   Fraioli, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colon carcinoma; Intracranial metastasis; Juxta sellar tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON RESECTION; CRANIOTOMY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; HEMIANOPIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; OPTIC ATROPHY; RADIOSURGERY; SELLA TURCICA; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0032785260     PISSN: 00283770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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