Cystic prostate metastases to the brain parenchyma: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 167-173

  Tsai, Vivian ^a   Kim, Sam ^a   Clatterbuck, Richard E ^a   Ewend, Matthew G ^b   Olivi, Alessandro ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Cystic lesion; Prostate adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE PROSTATE ISOENZYME; DEXAMETHASONE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CRANIECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSMETRIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; PARENCHYMA; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; SPINE METASTASIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035036973     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010606427945     Document Type: Article

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