Compressive optic neuropathy due to orbital metastasis of a sacral chordoma: Case report

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-247

  Konuk, Onur ^a,c   Pehlivanli, Zeynep ^a   Yirmibesoglu, Eda ^a   Erkal, Haldun Sukru ^a   Erekul, Selim ^b   Unal, Mehmet ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Birlik Mahallesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXOPHTHALMOS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; ORBIT METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; CHORDOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXOPHTHALMOS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 20544469101     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.IOP.0000159175.89287.1F     Document Type: Article

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