Solitary metastasis of breast carcinoma in the optic chiasm

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 319-321

  Baeesa, S S ^a,b   Benoit, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Metastasis; Optic chiasm; Suprasellar tumours

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE COMPRESSION; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033013873     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699943763     Document Type: Article

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