A vascular sarcoid mass mimicking a convexity meningioma

Neuroradiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 195-198

  Sandhu, F A ^a   Schellinger, D ^a   Martuza, R L ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Meningioma; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034057024     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050044     Document Type: Article

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