Primary leptomeningeal gliomatosis: Case report and review of the literature

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-134

  Riva, M ^a   Bacigaluppi, S ^a   Galli, C ^a   Citterio, A ^a   Collice, M ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Primary leptomeningeal gliomatosis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM; BRAIN EDEMA; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYTOLOGY; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LAMINECTOMY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LEPTOMENINX; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENCHYMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUMOR VOLUME; VIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; STAINING AND LABELING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 22144444188     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-005-0446-1     Document Type: Article

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