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[Brainstem metastasis from a prostate adenocarcinoma in the context of Muir-Torre syndrome].
Neurocirugia (Asturias, Spain) - 1 Jan 2000
Aldave Guillermo, Pay Eva, Queipo Francisco, Idoate Miguel Angel, Guridi Jorge
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INTRODUCTION: Muir-Torre syndrome is a genetic disease characterised by the association of sebaceous neoplasms with visceral neoplasms, mainly colorectal cancer and secondly urogenital tumours. Metastases from prostate tumours without systemic disease are rare in the brain and exceptional in the brainstem. CASE REPORT: We present a 48-year old male, with a single brainstem metastasis from a prostate...
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