A space-occupying lesion of the skull base, masked by nasopharyngeal lymphatic tissue hypertrophy and causing cranial nerve dysfunction in an HIV-infected patient

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 164-166

  van der Vliet, H J J ^a   van Oers, M H J ^a   Schot, L J ^a   Majoie, C B L ^a   van der Meer, J T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cranial neuropathy; HIV; Lymphoma; Nasopharyngeal lymphatic tissue hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; AMOXICILLIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; DOXORUBICIN; FLUNITRAZEPAM; FLUOROURACIL; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; METHADONE; METHOTREXATE; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE; RITONAVIR; STAVUDINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE TUMOR;

CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036934847     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-002-0428-9     Document Type: Article

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