Malignant pleural mesothelioma with scalp, cerebellar, and finger metastases: A rare case

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-65

  Kanbay, Asiye ^a,b   Oguzulgen, Kivilcim Ipek ^a   Ozturk, Can ^a   Memis, Leyla ^a   Demircan, Sedat ^a   Kurkcuoglu, Can ^a   Akyurek, Nalan ^a   Kurul, Cuneyt ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Distant metastases; Mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; CREATINE; NAVELBINE; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PAIN; CASE REPORT; FINGER; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA; MESENCHYMOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; SCALP TUMOR; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

BIOPSY; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FINGERS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846230070     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31802e465c     Document Type: Article

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