Lung carcinoma metastasis presenting as a pineal region tumor

Neuropathology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-60

  Kakita, Akiyoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Keishi ^b   Aoki, Nobuki ^b   Eguchi, Ikuyo ^b   Morita, Takashi ^b   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shinrakuen Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Lung carcinoma; Metastasis; MRI; Pineal tumor

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PINEAL GLAND;

EID: 0344838584     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1789.2003.00473.x     Document Type: Article

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