Carcinomatous meningitis occuring prior to a diagnosis of large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix [5]

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 311-312

  Kumar, Sudir ^a   Nair, S ^a   Alexander, M ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BONE MARROW METASTASIS; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LETTER; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYMPTOM; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA; MENINGIOMA; MENINGITIS; METASTASIS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGITIS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 11944266955     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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