Hepatocellular carcicoma metastasizing to the skull base involving multiple cranial nerves

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 41, 2006, Pages 6727-6729

  Kim, Soo Ryang ^a   Kanda, Fumio ^b   Kobessho, Hiroshi ^b   Sugimoto, Koji ^c   Matsuoka, Toshiyuki ^d   Kudo, Masatoshi ^e   Hayashi, Yoshitake ^c  

^a KOBE ASAHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cranial nerve; Distant metastasis; Hepatocellular carcicoma; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GADOLINIUM CHELATE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLIVUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIAL NERVE TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PETROUS BONE; PTOSIS; RECURRENT CANCER; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TROCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33751306102     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i41.6727     Document Type: Article

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