Intracranial granulocytic sarcoma (chloroma) may mimic a subdural hematoma [7]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 252, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 498-499

  Smidt, Martijn H ^a,b   De Bruin, Hein G ^c   Van'T Veer, Mars B ^c   Van Den Bent, Martin J ^a  

^a Dept of Neuro oncology ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMSACRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; STEROID;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BIOPSY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHLOROMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, GRANULOCYTIC;

EID: 17744393310     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0680-8     Document Type: Letter

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