Gliosarcoma with multiple extracranial metastases: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-46

  Beaumont, Thomas L ^a   Kupsky, William J ^a   Barger, Geoffrey R ^a   Sloan, Andrew E ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracranial; Glioma; Gliosarcoma; Metastasis; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

3' FLUOROTHYMIDINE; CARMUSTINE; IRINOTECAN; TEMOZOLOMIDE; THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GLIOSARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; SPLEEN CANCER; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; THORAX CANCER; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CRANIOTOMY; FATAL OUTCOME; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TEMPORAL LOBE; THORACIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34247508189     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-006-9295-x     Document Type: Article

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