Intracranial metastasis from medullary carcinoma of the thyroid 25 years after primary surgery

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 169-172

  Kabir, S ^a,b   Zafar, M ^a   Brydon, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intracranial metastasis; Medullary carcinoma; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CALCITONIN; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745684479     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690600777158     Document Type: Article

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