Misleading imaging features of intracranial dural plasmacytoma: Report of two cases

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 643-646

  Gallina, P ^a,b   Mascalchi, M ^a   Mouchaty, H ^a   Buccoliero, A ^a   Perrini, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Meningioma; Multiple myeloma; Plasmacytoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMACYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMACYTOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 11944269162     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690400022748     Document Type: Article

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