An autopsy case of miliary brain metastases

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-165

  Ota, Satoru ^a   Tsuchiya, Kuniaki ^a   Anno, Midori ^a   Akiyama, Haruhiko ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Lung cancer; Miliary brain metastases; MRI

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN WEIGHT; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DEATH; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MALE; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYMPTOM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33645321650     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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