Cavernous sinus syndrome caused by metastatic colon carcinoma

Clinical Colorectal Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 593-596

  Öneç, Birgül ^a   Öksüzoǧlu, Berna ^a,b   Hatipoǧlu, H Gül ^a   Öneç, Kürşad ^a   Azak, Alper ^a   Zengin, Nurallah ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Kirkkonaklar Mah ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Computed tomography; Gastrointestinal malignancies

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547741610     PISSN: 15330028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CCC.2007.n.028     Document Type: Article

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