Facial numbness in a man with inguinal and retroperitoneal masses

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-58

  Plotkin, Scott R ^a   Dorfman, Molly V ^b   Loeffler, Jay S ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Demyelination; Ma2; Paraneoplastic; Seminoma; Testicular

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DENTAL SURGERY; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; DYSMETRIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE DISORDER; GAIT DISORDER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUTH DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORCHIECTOMY; PARESTHESIA; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; SEMINOMA; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TESTIS CANCER; TONGUE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VERTIGO;

ADULT; ATAXIA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FACE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTIGO;

EID: 20444459571     PISSN: 17434254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncponc0059     Document Type: Article

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