Case of Optic Nerve Involvement in Metastasis of a Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 166-168

  Akiyama, Kazuhide ^a,f   Numaga, Jiro ^a   Kagaya, Fumie ^b   Takazawa, Yutaka ^c   Suzuki, Shigenobu ^d   Koseki, Nobuyuki ^a   Kato, Satoshi ^c   Kaburaki, Toshikatsu ^c   Kawashima, Hidetoshi ^e  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^b Misato Junshin Hospital   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e SAITAMA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Leiomyosarcoma; Metastasis; Orbital nerve tumor

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXOPHTHALMOS; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; ORBIT METASTASIS; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE TUMOR;

FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; INTESTINE, SMALL; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1842503068     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-003-0028-9     Document Type: Article

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