Merkel cell carcinoma of the skin with leptomeningeal metastases

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 210-213

  Chang, Daniel T ^a   Mancuso, Anthony A ^a   Riggs Jr , Charles E ^a   Mendenhall, William M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTIDECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 24044535804     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2004.11.013     Document Type: Article

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