Castleman's disease: Unusual case of inflammatory spinal dorsal epidural mass: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 396-398

  Lee, Ho Yeon ^a,c   Lee, Sang Ho ^a   Kim, Sung Nam ^b  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Green Cross Company   (South Korea)

^c NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Castleman's disease; Extradural mass; Giant lymph node hyperplasia; Mediastinal mass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOID CELL; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; URINE INCONTINENCE; VASCULARIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDURAL SPACE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE DISEASE; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDURAL SPACE; GIANT LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0036480075     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200202000-00030     Document Type: Article

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