A rare case of metastatic renal cell carcinoma resembling a nerve sheath tumor of the cauda equina

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 530-532

  Kubota, Motoo ^a   Saeki, Naokatsu ^a   Yamaura, Akira ^a   Iuchi, Toshihiko ^b   Ohga, Masaru ^b   Osato, Katsunobu ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

cauda equina; metastatic tumor; renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; METASTASIS; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON REFLEX; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CAUDA EQUINA; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3042829035     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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