Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis from squamous cell carcinoma of the supraglottic larynx

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 325-330

  Thompson, Stephen R ^a   Veness, Michael J ^a,b   Morgan, Gary J ^a   Shannon, Jeniffer ^a   Kench, James G ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Larynx; Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis metastases; Palliation

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DEATH; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGEAL METASTASIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0141539552     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2003.01188.x     Document Type: Article

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