Recurrent intracranial hemangiopericytoma with extracranial and unusual multiple metastases: Case report and review of the literature

Tumori

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 265-268

  Spatola, Corrado ^a   Privitera, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemangiopericytoma; Intracranial tumors; WHO histopathological classification

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; NITROSOUREA;

ADULT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MENINGIOMA; METASTASIS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; REVIEW; SKULL IRRADIATION; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 2942538117     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160409000222     Document Type: Review

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