Disseminated Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis (Lc); Presenting with Cauda Equina-Conus Syndrome

Year 2010, Volume: 2010 Issue: 5, 440 - 444, 01.05.2010

Ayşegül Sarsılmaz Melda Apaydın Makbule Varer Engin Uluç Vermi Değerli Funda Karbek Akarca

https://doi.org/10.5174/tutfd.2009.01595.1

Keywords

Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis; cauda equina-conus syndrome; lung cancer; magnetic resonance imaging

Kauda Equina-Konus Sendromuna Neden Olan Dissemine Leptomeningeal Karsinomatozis

Keywords

Leptomeningeal karsinomatozis, kauda equinakonus sendromu, akciğer kanseri, manyetik rezonans görüntüleme.

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