Delayed Cerebral Metastases from Completely Resected Cardiac Myxoma: Case Report and Review of Literature
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Kim, Ah-Hyun
(Department of Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Lee, Jae-Wook (Department of Radiology, NHIC Ilsan Hospital) Lee, Mi-Kyung (Department of Pathology, NHIC Ilsan Hospital) Yoon, Pyeong-Ho (Department of Radiology, NHIC Ilsan Hospital) Kim, Min-Jung (Department of Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine) |
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