Lung carcinoma presenting as metastasis to intracranial meningioma: Case report and review of the literature

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-202

  Bhargava, Pankaj ^a   McGrail, Kevin M ^b   Manz, Herbert J ^b   Baidas, Said ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung carcinoma; Meningioma with metastatic carcinoma; Transitional meningioma; Tumor to tumor metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRAIN RADIATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MENINGIOMA; METASTASIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033512090     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199904000-00022     Document Type: Article

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