Benign metastasizing leiomyoma to skull base and spine: A report of two cases

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 170-174

  Alessi, Giovanni ^a   Lemmerling, Marc ^a   Vereecken, Ludovic ^a   De Waele, Luc ^a  

^a AZ St Lucas ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Benign metastasizing leiomyoma; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Posterior fossa tumor; Sacral spine; Uterine fibroid tumor

Indexed keywords

GOSERELIN;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEIOMYOMA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG METASTASIS; MUSCLE METASTASIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SKIN; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UTERUS MYOMA; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

EID: 0037675861     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(03)00002-7     Document Type: Article

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