Spontaneous resolution of calvarial eosinophilic granuloma in children

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 247-252

  Oliveira, Marcelo ^a   Steinbok, Paul ^a,b   Wu, John ^a   Heran, Navraj ^a   Cochrane, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic granuloma; Histiocytosis; Skull; Spontaneous resolution; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALVARIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL DEFECT; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL TUMOR; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SKULL; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037261952     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069828     Document Type: Article

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