Brain metastasis of cardiac myxoma: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-184

  Altundag, Muzaffer B ^a   Ertas, Gulcin ^a   Ucer, Ali R ^a   Durmus, Sema ^a   Abanuz, Hayati ^a   Calikoğlu, Tamer ^a   Ozbagi, Kenan ^a   Demirkasimoglu, Atila ^a   Kaya, Bektas ^a   Bakkal, Bekir H ^a   Altundag, Kadri ^b,c  

^a ANKARA ONCOLOGY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Cardiac myxoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MYXOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; VERTIGO;

EID: 29244436333     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-005-1859-7     Document Type: Review

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