Giant intracranial medullary thyroid carcinoma metastasis presenting as apoplexy

Skull Base

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 359-362

  Bobinski, Matthew ^a   Greco, Claudia M ^a   Schrot, Rudolph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medullary thyroid carcinoma; Metastasis; Sella turcica; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA;

EID: 70049090744     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: 15320065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1220202     Document Type: Article

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