Central nervous system metastasis from gallbladder carcinoma mimicking a meningioma. Case illustration

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1059-

  Kawamata, Takakazu ^a   Kawamura, Hirotsune ^b   Kubo, Osami ^b   Sasahara, Atsushi ^b   Yamazato, Michihiko ^b   Hori, Tomokatsu ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gallbladder carcinoma; Metastasis; Metastatic intracranial tumor

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0345422756     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.6.1059     Document Type: Article

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