Primary lymphoma of Meckel's cave mimicking trigeminal schwannoma: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 859-863

  Abdel Aziz, Khaled M ^a   Van Loveren, Harry R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphoma; Meckel's cave; Trigeminal schwannoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOTOXAN; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0344428147     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199904000-00096     Document Type: Article

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