Metastatic choriocarcinoma: A rare cause of stroke in the young adult

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 481-483

  Saad, N ^a   Tang, Y M ^a   Sclavos, E ^a   Stuckey, S L ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Metastases; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY DISEASE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THECA CELL; UTERUS TUMOR;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; RARE DISEASES; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748637351     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01631.x     Document Type: Article

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