Asymptomatic cerebellopontine angle and lateral ventricle metastases from renal cell carcinoma: Case report and literature review

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-106

  Hassaneen, Wael ^a   Hatiboglu, Mustafa Aziz ^a   Chowdhury, Shilpy ^a   Sawaya, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Brain metastases; Cerebellopontine angle; Lateral ventricle; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; CONFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DYSPEPSIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FATIGUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEPHRECTOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PONS ANGLE; RADIATION NECROSIS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; STOMACH METASTASIS; TUMOR VOLUME; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 57049143069     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-008-9677-3     Document Type: Article

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