Choroid plexus carcinoma: a rare condition and its therapeutic management.
Choroid plexus carcinomas are rare tumours, found chiefly during childhood. The commonest pattern of progression is via the neural axis. We present the case of a patient with unusual metastatic dissemination, affecting lungs and bones two years after diagnosis, and the approach adopted towards him.
Fernández Calvo
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Servicio de Oncología Médica, Hospital Universitario Juan Canalejo, La Coruña, Spain. ovidiofernandezcalvo@yahoo.es
Gallegos Sancho
Maria I
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Quindós Varela
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Paredes Velázquez
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Dopico Vázquez
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Antón Aparicio
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D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy*; D016545:Choroid Plexus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male