Subdural and meningeal involvement related to Wegener's granulomatosis: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1071-1074

  Yokote, Hideyuki ^a   Terada, Tomoaki ^a   Nakai, Kunio ^a   Itakura, Toru ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intracranial; Subdural mass; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMPYEMA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MENINX; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMPYEMA, SUBDURAL; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0031134433     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199705000-00036     Document Type: Article

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