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Monday, April 20, 2009
Differential Diagnosis
On rounds, my team looked at an MRI of a patient with a brain metastasis. My resident pimped me with the following question:
Challenge: What primary cancers have brain mets that are likely to bleed?
On rounds, my team looked at an MRI of a patient with a brain metastasis. My resident pimped me with the following question:
Differential Diagnosis
ReplyDeleteMelanoma, choriocarcinoma, thyroid cancer, and renal cell carcinoma have a particular propensity to bleed.
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