Carcinomatous encephalitis as clinical presentation of occult lung adenocarcinoma: Case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 3 B, 2007, Pages 841-844

  Ribeiro, Henrique Barbosa ^a   De Paiva Jr , Tadeu Ferreira ^a   Mamprin, Gustavo Pignatari Rosas ^a   Gorzoni, Milton Luiz ^a   Da Rocha, Antônio José ^a   Lancellotti, Carmen Lucia Penteado ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Carcinomatous encephalitis; Lung adenocarcinoma; Miliary brain metastases

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; METASTASIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCULT CANCER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 35448951199     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000500022     Document Type: Article

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