Multiple cerebral and leptomeningeal metastases from ovarian carcinoma: Unusual early presentation

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 697-699

  Barbarawi, Mohammed Al ^a   Smith, Sarah F ^a   Qudsieh, Suhair ^b   Sekhon, Lali H S ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Multimodal treatment; Outcome; Ovarian carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENINGEAL METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23944479998     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2004.08.021     Document Type: Article

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