Mycobacterial spindle cell pseudotumor of the brain: A case report and review of the literature

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1294-1299

  Morrison, Alan ^a   Gyure, Kymberly A ^a   Stone, Judy ^b   Wong, Kondi ^a   McEvoy, Peter ^b   Koeller, Kelly ^b   Mena, Hernando ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b Dept Infect Parasitic Dis Pathol ^*

Author keywords

Brain; Central nervous system; Mycobacterium avium intracellulare; Pseudotumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; SPINDLE CELL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032881959     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199910000-00017     Document Type: Article

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