Carcinoid tumour of the orbital muscles: A rare occurrence

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 179-181

  Khaw, Pearly ^a   Ball, David ^a   Duchesne, Gillian ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carcinoid tumour; Orbit; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSIMETRY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; ORBIT METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOID TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE NEOPLASMS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034998993     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2001.00899.x     Document Type: Article

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