MRI of cranial metastasis.
Recent advances in surgical techniques and new innovations in radiation treatment and chemotherapy have made the detection and characterization of intracranial metastasis increasingly important in the management of the cancer patient. This article reviews the more common sources of metastasis, their appearance, and more unusual types of involvement such as hemorrhage and spread to the leptomeninges and bony calvarium.
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Physicians' Spine Center, Atlanta, GA 30342.
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012886:Skull / Q000473:pathology*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*