Resection of a Langerhans cell histiocytosis granuloma of the hypothalamus: Case report

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 196-200

  Czech, Thomas ^a   Mazal, P R ^b   Schima, W ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Granuloma; Hypothalamus; Immunohistochemistry; Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Indexed keywords

CD1 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033041397     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699943998     Document Type: Article

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