Spinal and cerebral leptomeningeal seeding from a melanocytoma of the cerebello-pontine angle;Spinale und zerebrale meningeosis eines sekundär malignisierten melanozytoms des kleinhirnbrückenwinkels

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 155, Issue 15-16, 2005, Pages 360-364

  Koch, Horst J ^a   Roeber, Sigrun ^a   Zimmermann, Udo W ^b   Schäfer, Christof ^c   Villarrubia, Victoria ^d   Kuchelmeister, Klaus ^e   Schachenmayr, Walter ^e   Bogdahn, Ulrich ^a   Steinbrecher, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Radioonkologie und Strahlentherapie   (Germany)

^c Strahlentherapeutische Klinik   (Germany)

^d Bezirksklinikum   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Meningeal melanocytoma; Radiation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOCYTOSIS; MENINGIOMA; PONS ANGLE; REVIEW; SKULL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; ARACHNOID; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DACARBAZINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGES; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM SEEDING; PIA MATER; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24744463561     PISSN: 00435341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10354-005-0199-8     Document Type: Review

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