Malignant paraganglioma with vertebral metastasis: Case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 61, Issue 2 B, 2003, Pages 463-467

  Lázaro, Bruno ^a   Klemz, Mônica ^a   Flores, Marlo Steiner ^a   Landeiro, José Alberto ^a,b  

^a Brazilian Air Force Hospital   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Paraganglioma; Spinal tumor; Vertebral metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CHEMODECTOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CYST; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; RADIATION DOSE; SPINE METASTASIS; STOMACH ULCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038503679     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2003000300026     Document Type: Article

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