Pineal gland metastasis of auricular squamous cell carcinoma: An unusual case and literature review

Radiology and Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 175-179

  Oztekin, Ozgur ^a   Savas, Recep ^b   Ozan, Ebru ^a   Apaydin, Melda ^c   Yaşar, Öyküm ^a   Adibelli, Zehra Hilal ^a  

^a Izmir Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Metastasis; Pineal gland; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AURICULAR SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY; PINEAL GLAND METASTASIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TEMPORAL BONE TUMOR;

EID: 74349102234     PISSN: 13182099     EISSN: 15813207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10019-009-0021-0     Document Type: Article

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