Dural metastases mimicking meningioma. Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 780-783

  Laidlaw, John D ^a,b   Kumar, Arun ^a,b   Chan, Andrea ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cerebral metastasis; CT, computerized tomography; dural metastasis; falcine metastasis; meningioma; MRI scan; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; renal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CELL; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 4444370202     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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