Choroid plexus carcinoma presented with spinal dysfunction caused by a drop metastasis: A case report

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-79

  Sawaishi, Yukio ^a   Yano, Tamami ^a   Yoshida, Yasuji ^b   Ito, Yasunobu ^a   Mizoi, Kazuo ^a   Hirayama, Aya ^a   Takaku, Iwao ^a   Takada, Goro ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND BLOOD VESSELS AKITA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus carcinoma; Choroid plexus tumor; Drop metastasis; MIB 1 index; Spinal dysfunction; Spinal metastasis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHOROID PLEXUS CARCINOMA; DYSURIA; EXCISION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; LAMINECTOMY; MITOSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE TUMOR; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TENDON REFLEX;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0038206449     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023776806992     Document Type: Article

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