Late intramedullary spinal cord metastasis in a patient with lymphoblastic lymphoma: Case report

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 264-268

  Mathur, Sachin ^a   Law, Andrew J J ^a   Hung, Noelyn ^a  

^a DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

CNS involvement; Intramedullary metastasis; Lymphoblastic lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033930043     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.1999.0197     Document Type: Article

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