Peritumoral hemorrhage immediately after radiosurgery for metastatic brain tumor

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 911-916

  Uchino, Masafumi ^a   Kitajima, Satoru ^b   Miyazaki, Chikao ^b   Otsuka, Takashi ^b   Seiki, Yoshikatsu ^b   Shibata, Iekado ^b  

^a Saiseikai Yokohama City Nanbu Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Hemorrhage; Metastases; Metastatic brain tumor; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0043014690     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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