Calcified cerebral metastases. Study of two cases and review of the literature;Metastasis cerebrales calcificadas. Estudio de dos casos y revision de la bibliografia

Neurologia

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 136-139

  Sastre Garriga, J ^b   Tintore M ^c   Montaner, J ^c   Montalban, X ^c   Rovira, A ^a   Codina, A ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b Escuela Universitaria de Enfermeria   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Calcification; Intracranial metastases; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN METASTASIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MALE; SURVIVAL; ADENOCARCINOMA; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TUMOR; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SECOND CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY;

EID: 0034077873     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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