Multifocal epithelioid glioblastoma mimicking cerebral metastasis: Case report

Neurocirugia

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 550-554

  Gasco, Jaime ^a,b   Franklin, B ^a   Fuller, G N ^b   Salinas, P ^a   Prabhu, S ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelioid glioblastoma; Immunohistochemistry; Metastasis; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPITHELIOID GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEMIANOPIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL VISION; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 76749099731     PISSN: 11301473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-1473(09)70133-2     Document Type: Article

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