Solitary cerebellar metastasis of malignant pleural mesothelioma: Case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 174-178

  Winfree, Christopher J ^a,b   Mack, William J ^a   Sisti, Michael B ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Box 64 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Malignant pleural mesothelioma; Metastasis; Surgery; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MESOTHELIOMA; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA TUMOR; REVIEW; SMOKING; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0742324815     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(03)00448-8     Document Type: Article

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