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Extraneural Metastases of a Cerebral Astrocytoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Harold J. Hoffman ,
Larry E. Becker ,
Derek Jenkin ,
Sylvester H. Chuang  and
Ian R. Munro
Harold J. Hoffman*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery, Neuropathology, and Plastic Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children: The University of Toronto; and the Department of Radiotherapy, Princess Margaret Hospital. Toronto, Canada
Larry E. Becker*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery, Neuropathology, and Plastic Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children: The University of Toronto; and the Department of Radiotherapy, Princess Margaret Hospital. Toronto, Canada
Derek Jenkin*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery, Neuropathology, and Plastic Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children: The University of Toronto; and the Department of Radiotherapy, Princess Margaret Hospital. Toronto, Canada
Sylvester H. Chuang*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery, Neuropathology, and Plastic Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children: The University of Toronto; and the Department of Radiotherapy, Princess Margaret Hospital. Toronto, Canada
Ian R. Munro*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery, Neuropathology, and Plastic Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children: The University of Toronto; and the Department of Radiotherapy, Princess Margaret Hospital. Toronto, Canada
*
Division of Neurosurgery, Suite #1504, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue,Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada
Division of Neurosurgery, Suite #1504, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue,Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada
Division of Neurosurgery, Suite #1504, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue,Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada
Division of Neurosurgery, Suite #1504, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue,Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada
Division of Neurosurgery, Suite #1504, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue,Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada
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Abstract

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Extraneural spread of a cerebral glioma has been described infrequently. The present case provides an example of this unique mode of metastasis.

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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , May 1981 , pp. 115 - 119
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1981

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