Tumor-like multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions: Neuropathological clues

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2001, Pages

  Capello, E ^a   Roccatagliata, L ^a   Pagano, F ^a   Mancardi, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atypical MS; Brain biopsy; CNS vasculitis; Tumor like MS plaque

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BETA1A INTERFERON; DEXAMETHASONE; STEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON BETA SERINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DETERIORATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPASTIC PARESIS; WHITE MATTER; AUTOPSY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEATH; HUMAN TISSUE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0035671105     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100720100047     Document Type: Article

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