Diagnosis and treatment of the primary malignant meningioma in mediastinum: A case report

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1164-1166

  Chen, Fang ^a   Zhang, Shucheng ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ectopic meningioma; Malignant; Mediastinum; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; ECTOPIC MENINGIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 73849104994     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181b59353     Document Type: Article

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