Malignant meningitis secondary to ovarian carcinoma: An unusual occurrence

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 112-113

  Chung, P ^a,b   Allerton, R ^a  

^a NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leptomeningeal; Ovarian carcinoma; Remission

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CARBOPLATIN; PACLITAXEL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER CELL; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; DIPLOPIA; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; LEPTOMENINX; MENINGITIS; METASTASIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OVARY CARCINOMA; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SIDE EFFECT; ULTRASOUND; UTERUS SURGERY; VOMITING;

EID: 0035040087     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/clon.2001.9231     Document Type: Article

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