Metastatic adenocarcinoma in the cerebellopontine angle, presenting as a meningioma: A case report of rare occurrence

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 146, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1369-1372

  Buis, D R ^a   Peerdeman, S M ^a   Vandertop, W P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Cerebellopontine angle; Meningioma; Neoplasm metastasis; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; TAMOXIFEN; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HEARING DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MENINGIOMA; METASTASIS; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; VOMITING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGIOMA; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY;

EID: 11244260584     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0338-9     Document Type: Article

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