Solitary metastasis to the choroid plexus of the third ventricle mimicking a colloid cyst: A report of two cases

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 521-523

  Leach, J C D ^a   Garrott, H ^a   King, J A J ^a   Kaye, A H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

choroid plexus; colloid cyst; Solitary cerebral metastasis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; FOLINIC ACID; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CHOROID PLEXUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLOID CYST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METASTASIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHOROID PLEXUS; CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3042840577     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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