Prostate dural metastasis presenting as chronic subdural hematoma. A case report and review of the literature

Surgical Neurology International

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Boukas, Alexandros ^a   Sunderland, Geraint J ^a   Ross, Nicholas ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic subdural hematoma; dural metastasis; prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE PROSTATE ISOENZYME; GONADORELIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM METASTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CRANIAL DURA MATER METASTASIS; DURA MATER; DYSPHASIA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JACQUES CATHETER; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SUBDURAL CATHETER; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 84925588354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21527806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.151713     Document Type: Article

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