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A case of pulmonary adenocarcinoma with numerous calcified metastatic nodules of the brain is reported. Autopsy revealed about 400 metastatic nodules in the central nervous system, most of which were calcified.
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Fukuda, Y., Homma, T., Kohga, H. et al. A lung cancer case with numerous calcified metastatic nodules of the brain. Neuroradiology 30, 265–268 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00341841
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