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. 2014 Oct;14(5):535-7.
doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-5-535.

Brain metastases

Katie Spencer  1 , Allison Hall  2 , Pooja Jain  3
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Brain metastases

Katie Spencer et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2014 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: Brain metastases; cancer; imaging; prognosis; radiotherapy.

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Fig 1.
Magnetic resonance imaging, with gadolinium enhancement of the brain, demonstrating multiple enhancing brain metastases with surrounding vasogenic oedema and effacement of the ventricle.
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