A rare case of spinal cord metastases from oral SCC

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 594-595

  Törnwall, Jyrki ^a   Snäll, Johanna ^a   Mesimäki, Karri ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Metastases; Spinal cord; Squamous cell carcinoma; Tongue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEUKOPLAKIA; LICHEN PLANUS; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; NECK METASTASIS; NECK PAIN; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEPSIS; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYMPTOM; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 50649115975     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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