Unusual brain and temporal bone metastases of a botryoid type of embryonal nasopharyngeal rhabdomyosarcoma

UHOD - Uluslararasi Hematoloji-Onkoloji Dergisi

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 157-162

  Kazkayasi, Mustafa ^a,c   Köybaşoǧlu, Fulya ^b  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ankara Yildirim Beyazit E itim Hastanesi Patoloji Bölümü   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Botryoid type; Distant metastasis; Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma; Nasopharynx; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; TEMPORAL BONE TUMOR;

EID: 35348852730     PISSN: 1306133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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