Infectious meningitis mimicking recurrent medulloblastoma on magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 499-502

  Fouladi, Maryam ^a   Heideman, Richard ^b   Langston, James W ^b   Kun, Larry E ^b   Thompson, Stephen J ^b   Gajjar, Amar ^b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Magnetic resonance imaging; Meningitis; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; VANCOMYCIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0032801484     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.3.0499     Document Type: Article

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