Carcinomatous encephalitis as clinical presentation of occult lung adenocarcinoma: case report

Carcinomatous encephalitis is a rare entity, originally described by Madow and Alpers in 1951, which is characterized by tumoral spreading perivascular, without mass effect. Clinical manifestations such as hemiparesis, seizures, ataxia, speech difficulties, cerebrospinal fluid findings as well as co...

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Autor principal: Ribeiro,Henrique Barbosa (author)
Outros Autores: Paiva Jr,Tadeu Ferreira de (author), Mamprin,Gustavo Pignatari Rosas (author), Gorzoni,Milton Luiz (author), Rocha,Antônio José da (author), Lancellotti,Carmen Lucia Penteado (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2007
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Texto completo:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2007000500022
País:Brasil
Oai:oai:scielo:S0004-282X2007000500022