Dissemination of prostate adenocarcinoma to the skull base mimicking giant trigeminal schwannoma: Anatomic relevance of the extradural neural axis component

Skull Base

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 425-430

  Gasco, Jaime ^a,b   Kew, Yvonne ^a   Livingston, Andrew ^a   Rose, James ^a   Zhang, Yi Jonathan ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; EDNAC; Meckel's cave; Prostate; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SKULL SURGERY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 76149124528     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: 15320065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1224774     Document Type: Article

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