Uterine leiomyosarcoma metastatic to the brain stem

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 119-121

  Mawrin, C ^a   Kirches, E ^a   Dietzmann, K ^a   Weis, S ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain stem metastasis; Leiomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN STEM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036927366     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004040100212     Document Type: Article

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