Leptomeningeal spinal metastases from glioblastoma multiforme:Treatment and management of an uncommon manifestation of disease:A review

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 438-448

  Lawton, Cort D ^a   Nagasawa, Daniel T ^b   Yang, Isaac ^b   Fessler, Richard G ^a   Smith, Zachary A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glioblastoma multiforme; Metastasis; Oncology; Spinal metastasis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; OPIATE;

BLEEDING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CAUDA EQUINA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL SPINE; CONUS MEDULLARIS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; LEPTOMENINGEAL SPINAL METASTASES; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUMBAR SPINE; NERVE ROOT; OPERATION DURATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC SPINE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84868369276     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.7.SPINE12212     Document Type: Review

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